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Merry Company

Judith Leyster Dutch

ca. 1629

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 637

One of the first Dutch women to be recognized by a painters’ guild as a master in her own right, Leyster painted this lively scene when she was only twenty years old. Evoking an atmosphere of music and laughter, it depicts three revelers in an interior, while more crowd in at the window on the left. The figure in red appears to raise his glass to the viewer, proposing a toast or inviting us to join the merriment.

Merry Company, Judith Leyster (Dutch, Haarlem 1609–1660 Heemstede), Oil on canvas — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Merry Company

Artist: Judith Leyster (Dutch, Haarlem 1609–1660 Heemstede)

Date: ca. 1629

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 29 5/16 × 24 7/8 in. (74.5 × 63.2 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Loaned courtesy of The Klesch Collection

Accession Number: L.2023.27.1

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