Dutch school; 17th century.

Dutch school; 17th century.
"Tavern scene".
Oil on panel.
Presents label with old attribution.
It has frame of the nineteenth century.
Measurements: 10.5 cm (diameter); 28.5 x 28.5 cm (frame).
Located in an interior, the present scene shows an inconsequential subject located in a tavern. All the characters are dressed in the fashion of the moment and converse among themselves, as can be deduced from their gestures.
This work is therefore part of the genre of tavern painting, created in early Baroque Flanders by the masters Adriaen Brouwer (1605 - 1638) and David Teniers (1610 - 1690), which was soon to arrive in Holland. As its name suggests, these are scenes set in taverns, called costumbrista works for showing the common customs of the common people of the time, with a variety of styles important, but always maintaining both the theme and a clear preference for an earthy palette. Influenced by the two masters mentioned above, the painter who makes this type of work, usually works an interior space with a very refined chromatic range, based on earthy and ochre tones, typical of the naturalism of the first baroque. In terms of style, these painters would normally be close to Teniers (more detailed works; precise, loose but short brushstrokes, defining the shapes and qualities of figures and objects, without downplaying the importance of drawing), or Brower (more caricatured style, and brushstrokes and shapes different from those of Teniers).