Woman with a book, Bartholomeus van der Helst, between 1636 and 1670

Talk about the wine together the man who avenges bacchus' wrath shows itself without reason: the wine is the whetstone of dullness and stupid understanding. The table of the wise is seen coat the rod with wine. The vine becomes a help planted in body and mind. The woman who drinks wine for necessity is reasonably found: but the excess shows how lot expired through wine. The greedy wallowing is the mother all sins. In excess one drowns wisdom, body and soul jan vos. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: between 1636 and 1670. Dimensions: height: 92 cm (36.2 in); width: 76 cm (29.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Musée Magnin. La femme au livre