Pieter Quast - A Man and a Woman in a Stableyard [c.1630s]

Pieter Quast - A Man and a Woman in a Stableyard [c.1630s], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

It is the artist's intention to ridicule the soldier. He is a swaggering, over-dressed figure who might have stepped from the pages of one of the many contemporary plays by Coster, Rodenburgh and others that mocked the pretensions of soldiers. Quast painted a number of satirical subjects with a strongly caricatural element. He also painted some historical and literary scenes and worked as a printmaker and book illustrator.

[Oil on oak, 45.4 x 57.5 cm]