LINGELBACH, Johannes
(b. 1622, Frankfurt/Main, d. 1674, Amsterdam)

Peasants Resting Before an Inn

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Oil on canvas, 50 x 39 cm
Private collection

The painter here depicted three peasants recuperating and refreshing themselves by an inn. These figures sit, eating and drinking, around a low table covered with a white cloth, on which a bowl and a chunk of bread have been placed. The dramatic contrasts in the painting are reflective of the time Lingelbach spent in Rome, where he was influenced by the fashion for precise but intense chiaroscuro.