Carousing peasants were an inexhaustible source of amusement to the city dweller, which accounts for the success of pictures depicting low-life scenes.
JAN JANSZ. BUESEM
Amsterdam c. 1600 - after 1649 Amsterdam
Peasant Tavern
Signed IB (above right), c. 1630
Panel, 37.5 x 28.7 cm
Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, The Hague
Carousing peasants were an inexhaustible source of amusement to the city dweller, which accounts for the success of pictures depicting low-life scenes.