PALAMEDESZ., Anthonie
(b. 1601, Delft, d. 1673, Amsterdam)

A Merry Company

1632
Oil on panel, 46 x 71 cm
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

Within a relatively simple interior, elegantly dressed young men and women are shown drinking, smoking, conversing, and playing music and games. The dense group of merrymakers are on the right while the left is relatively empty, dominated by a large fireplace.