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| Title | A Tavern Scene | |
| Collection | Dudley Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Attributed to Droochsloot, Cornelis (Dutch painter and draftsman, baptized 1630, died after 1673) Previously attributed to Heemskerck, Egbert van, the elder (Dutch painter, born 1634 or 1635, died 1704, also active in England) Previously attributed to Horemans, Jan Josef, I (Flemish painter, 1682-1752) Previously attributed to Teniers, David, I (Flemish painter, 1582-1649) |
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| Date Earliest | probably about 1650 | |
| Date Latest | probably about 1675 | |
| Description | A tavern scene set in an intricately rendered wooden interior. A couple dance in the centre of the picture whilst two men play musical instruments. The bagpipe player can be compared to those depicted in Brueghel's tavern paintings. The decoration on the bagpipes was common in Dutch farming and peasant communities. The players often used tin and ribbon to decorate their instruments. In the right foreground, two children sit on the floor. A man reaches over a woman's shoulder to touch her breast. The figure type is very different to that seen in works by Droochsloot. Faces are bulbous and caricature-like with very red cheeks and lips and strong black shadows. | |
| Current Accession Number | BR23 | |
| Subject | everyday life (tavern); interior; figure (musicians, dancers) | |
| Measurements | 55.5 x 79.5 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Brooke Robinson 1911. | |
| Notes | Sotheby's consider this work to be by Cornelius Droogsloot (or Droochsloot) who was born at Utrecht in 1630 and died after 1673. C. Wright attributes this painting to Horemans in Old Master paintings in Britain, 1978. Axel Ruger of the National Gallery does not consider this work to be by Droochsloot (29 January 2006). He thinks that this is possibly an eighteenth or nineteenth century pastiche of a seventeenth century Dutch work. | |
| Rights Owner | The Trustees of the Brooke Robinson Museum, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |