Adriaen Brouwer - Tavern Scene [c.1635]

Adriaen Brouwer - Tavern Scene [c.1635], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Adriaen Brouwer (Oudenaarde, 1605 – Antwerp, January 1638) was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century. He died at the early age of 32 in Antwerp, where he was first buried in a common grave, but, upon instigation of the members of the guild, was reburied on February 1, 1638 in the church of the Carmelites. This work, which is signed on the top step below the woman's skirt, is one of his largest and liveliest peasant pictures. He was greatly admired by contemporary artists for his skill as a painter, and both Rembrandt and Rubens collected his work.

[Oil on oak, 48 x 67 cm]