Lot 2013 Dα

This scene shows a prostitute receiving a gold chain for her services. The addition of a jug as a symbol of her sinful life and for drunkenness, as well as the owl, which in painting is sometimes considered the companion of the prostitute, leave no doubt that the painter wished to create a morally didactic genre picture, in order to expose human vice and weaknesses in a humorous and instructive way.