Jan Steen arranges the various actors as though on a theatre stage.  magnificently beautifully dressed young woman front. charming lady of the house, has fallen asleep at the table on the left. The dog is eating the meat pie. one of the children is filching something from the cabinet on the wall, the little girl’s brother is trying out a pipe, and the youngest child, sitting in his highchair, is playing carelessly with a string of pearls. a young man is trying to play a violin. On the right side the doorway leads to another room, but is obstructed with a pig. Daylight coming from a window on the left. Hyperrealistic, detailed. Close shot. Very detailed faces. Small room.