GRIMMER, Jacob
(b. ca. 1525, Antwerpen, d. 1590, Antwerpen)

Entrance to a Village with Peasants Carousing

1586
Oil on oak panel, 50 x 77 cm
Private collection

Jacob Grimmer's landscapes capture daily village life, with no artifice; they are simple and sincere representations of life in rural Flanders in the 16th century. The present panel is a late example of his work, it is signed and dated lower right: JACOP GRIMER FECIT 1586