Keywords: Jan Steen - Merry Couple - WGA21719.jpg Artwork Creator Jan Steen secondhalf other date century 17 Oil on panel Institution Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal Leiden object history credit line accession number WGA link 21719 http //www wga hu/art/s/steen/page1/merry_c jpg http //www wga hu/html/s/steen/page1/merry_c html PD-old-100 painting genre Dutch 1651-1700 Jan Steen Merry Couple Paintings in the Museum De Lakenhal Paintings of couples sitting on the ground outdoors WGA form painting WGA type genre WGA School Dutch WGA time period 1651-1700 17th-century way of life in painting 17th-century oil on canvas paintings in the Netherlands Bird cages in art Paintings of baskets 1651-1700 paintings ImageNote 1 699 2018 183 84 2560 2106 2 JSteen ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 1556 555 211 340 2560 2106 2 The open bird cage symbolizes the loss of virginity ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 277 1867 204 235 2560 2106 2 The rabbit symbolizes fertility ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 1538 1629 474 351 2560 2106 2 The turnip and the pot symbolize the human sexual organs ImageNoteEnd 4 |