A woman in red silk drains a glass of wine while a man in a dark cloak stands over her, jug in hand, ready to pour more. A cittern and songbooks lie on the chair. Vermeer took the theme from Pieter de Hooch but set it in a richer, lighter room, and it counts among his first fully mature interiors.
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In the open stained-glass window, a small figure of Temperance holds a bridle, a quiet warning set against the couple's drinking.
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