VINCKBOONS, David
(b. 1576, Mechelen, d. ca. 1633, Amsterdam)

Tavern Interior

1606
Oil on panel, 28 x 40 cm
Private collection

This painting depicts a tavern interior with men and women eating and drinking whilst children and animals play and a man begs alms. It belongs to a series of small panels of similar subjects painted by Vinckboons around 1606-10, which are generally interpreted as depicting Spanish soldiers feasting and oppressing Dutch peasants.




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