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Description: | Attributed to Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder in the early 1950s, this attribution remains convincing today, with striking similarities being observed in both the composition and facial types of known Heemskerck works. A younger contemporary of the well known genre painters Adriaen van Ostade and Adriaen Brouwer, like them, Heemskerck achieved success with his popular and humourous depictions of peasant low life. All three painters were heavily influenced by, and their work descended from, that of Pieter Brueghel, who helped pioneer Netherlandish genre painting. | Subjects: | everyday life; buildings and gardens; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Heemskerck, Egbert van, the elder (Dutch painter, born 1634 or 1635, died 1704, also active in England) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8417... | Go to resource |
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