Antecipando os Reis

Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) - Fest des Bohnenkönigs, 1640-1645
Viena, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) - The Bean King (The King drinks)
Óleo sobre tela, 1638
S. Petersburgo, Hermitage

David Teniers, o Jovem (1610 - 1690)- The King drinks
Óleo sobre tela, 1634-1640
Madrid, Museu do Prado


William Hone - The every day book. London: William Tegg, 1827, vol. 2

THE KING DRINKS!
The bean found out, and monarch crown'd,
He dubs a fool, and sends him round,
To raise the frolic when it’s low —
Himself commands the wine to flow.
Each watches for the king to quaff,
When, all at once, up springs the laugh;
They cry «The king drinks!» and away
They shout a long and loud huzza!
And when it’s ended comes the dance,
And—thus is Twelfth-night spent in France.