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A family party sit in the open air round a table loaded with food and drink. A piper stands behind the table and plays for them. There is an atmosphere of enjoyment shared by everyone, the artisans and tradesmen, their wives, children and the old folk. The picture is carefully executed but there is a strange contrast between the painting of the figures, which are full of life, and the background of buildings and trees which has something of the unreality of a stage back-cloth. The artist shows more skill in his treatment of interiors.
The painting is signed lower left on the fence: J Molenaer.
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