Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 159 works by Adriaen Brouwer in our catalogue
In short
To the gallery's eye, Adriaen Brouwer's most famous painting is In the Tavern, whose original hangs in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Twilight Landscape (1633) and Drunken Peasant in a Tavern (1624) complete the trio every eye recognises. Of the 159 works by Adriaen Brouwer in our catalog, the gallery presents the 100 most famous below, each original with its year, its museum and what makes it unique.
In the dim, amber-hued atmosphere of Adriaen Brouwer’s In the Tavern, we are not merely observers of a painting, but uninvited guests at a seventeenth-century gathering. Painted around 1635, this masterpiece serves as a profound window into the Dutch Golden Age, an era where the glitter of global trade met a burgeoning fascination with the raw, unvarnished realities of human existence. Unlike the grand, idealized portraits of nobility that dominated…
Adriaen Brouwer's “Twilight Landscape,” painted in 1633, stands as a quintessential emblem of Baroque art—a genre celebrated for its dramatic contrasts and profound emotional resonance. Currently residing within the Louvre Museum’s halls in Paris, this diminutive canvas (measuring just 17 x 26 cm) transcends its modest dimensions to deliver an experience rich in visual detail and psychological depth.
To step into Adriaen Brouwer’s “Drunken Peasant in a Tavern” is to be thrust immediately into the heart of a seventeenth-century revelry, where the boundaries between merriment and misery blur. Completed in 1624, this masterpiece serves as a profound window into the Flemish Baroque, capturing a moment of unbridably human disorder. The scene is not merely a depiction of a social gathering; it is a visceral experience of the Dutch…
A group of three figures occupies a dimly lit, rustic interior, caught in a moment of intense, unvarnished expression. Two men are seated in the foreground, their faces contorted by the physical effort of singing. One man leans back on a low stool, mouth wide open, a hand thrown upward into the shadows as if mid-gesture or mid-argument. A third figure stands partially obscured in the darkness behind them, a…
In this 1635 oil on wood, we find ourselves thrust into the center of a sudden, violent eruption. The composition is tightly cropped, pulling the viewer into a claustrophobic space where two figures are locked in a physical struggle. There is no room for a spectator to remain detached; the shallow perspective and the overlapping of bodies place us directly within the fray. The scene is rendered in a monochromatic…
The shadows of a cavernous setting hold the weight of 1633, a year when Adriaen Brouwer captures a moment of profound spiritual struggle. In The temptation of St Anthony, the artist turns his gaze toward the legendary trials of Anthony the Great. The scene unfolds within a claustrophobic, dark space where the boundaries between the physical and the supernatural seem to dissolve into the gloom.
The painting known as A Caricature emerges from the brush of Adriaen Brouwer, a creator who captures the raw essence of human existence. This work belongs to the genre art movement, a realm where the artist turns a keen eye toward the unvarnished realities of everyday life. Rather than seeking the ideal, Brouwer finds truth in the distorted and the spontaneous, presenting a moment that feels caught in mid-breath.
In this work, titled Village Charlatan (The Operation for Stone in the Head), we encounter a scene of intense social interaction from 1625. The artist, Adriaen Brouwer, captures a moment of communal spectacle centered on a medical procedure. It is a piece that reflects the artist's specific interest in the unvarnished realities of rural life, focusing on the raw gestures of those gathered around the central figure.
In this intimate portrait, we find ourselves face-to-face with a man whose very presence seems to carry the gravity of a long, lived life. The composition is tight, focusing our attention on the upper torso and the weathered landscape of his face. He is positioned slightly off-center, a choice that lends a sense of natural, unposed immediacy to the scene. A strong, directional light enters from the upper left, carving…
In the dim, amber-hued atmosphere of Adriaen Brouwer’s "Interior of a Tavern," we are not merely observers of a historical scene, but participants in a living, breathing moment of human connection. Painted around 1630, this masterpiece serves as a profound window into the social fabric of the Flemish Baroque era. The canvas vibrates with the raw, unvarnished energy of everyday life, capturing a bustling communal space where the boundaries between…
Merry Peasants in an Inn1625
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Boors listening to a Hurdy-Gurdy, outside a Shoemaker's workshop, in a Village Street1630
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Sleeping Smoker with Skull1630
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Man with a Jug1630 · Musée des Beaux-Arts
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Man counting money (Greed)1630 · New York Historical Society
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Peasant with Bicorne and Tankard1630 · Kunstmuseum Basel
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A Woman Making Pancakes1630 · Kunstmuseum Basel
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A Peasant Singing1630 · Gemäldegalerie
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Peasants at an Inn1630 · Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister im Schloss Wilhelmshöhe
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The Reckoning1630
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Woman seated at a tabel before a mirror (Dressing up)1630 · Gemäldegalerie
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The Smoker1630 · Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum
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The Foot Operation1630 · Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum
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A peasant cutting his thumbnail1630
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The Quack1630 · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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Peasant Feast1626 · Kunsthaus Zürich
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The Smokers1630 · Szépművészeti Múzeum
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Landscape with Shepherd1635 · Gemäldegalerie
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A Smoker Lighting His Pipe1630
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Peasants by a Fire1630 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Village musicians (Allegory of hearing)1630 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Two brawling peasants with a barrel1631 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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The village surgeon (Allegory of the sense of touch)1635 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Smell1631 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Scene with smokers (Allegory of the sense of taste)1630 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Peasant Quartet1630 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Peasants playing cards1631 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Innkeeper1631 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Couple of guests drinking wine1631 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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A Peasant Brawl1635 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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A Porter1630 · Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
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Interior of a School1630 · Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Peasants Carousing in a Tavern1630 · Museum of Fine Arts
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Seeing the Drunkard Home1629 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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A Smoker1629 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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A Peasant Woman Picking Fleas off a Dog1626 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Two Peasants in an Inn1630 · Walters Art Museum
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The Tobacco Inn1630 · Frans Hals Museum
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A Fat Man1634 · Mauritshuis
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Drinking farmer1634 · Rubens House
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peasants with a slaughtered sow1630
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Village-Kirmes1630
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dancing peasants1630
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Old Woman1630 · Kunstmuseum Basel
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Old craftsman1630 · Kunstmuseum Basel
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Youth Making a Face1633 · National Gallery of Art
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Sleeping Peasant1640 · Gemäldegalerie
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The Guitar Player1640 · Gemäldegalerie
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Soldiers playing dice in a tavern1636 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Laughing Farmer1636 · Gemäldegalerie
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A Cabaret Scene1640
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Singing Trio1640
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Peasants in an Inn1638 · Staatliches Museum Schwerin
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The Foot Operation1636 · Städel Museum
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Flute player1630 · Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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Smallholders playing dice1635 · Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Brawling PeasantsGemäldegalerie
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The Drunken Peasant1634 · Städel Museum
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The Delousing1630 · Museo del Prado
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Farm by Moonlight1630 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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The Smokers1638 · English Heritage
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The Smokers or The Peasants of Moerdijk1630
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Landscape with Bowlers1635 · Gemäldegalerie
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The Farmyard1630 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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Portrait of a Man1630 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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Father's of unpleasant duties1631 · Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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The Pancake Baker1625
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Tavern Scene1635 · National Gallery
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Tavern Scene1635
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Peasants Quarrelling in an Interior1630 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Inn with drunken peasants1625
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Peasants of Moerdyck1628
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Dune landscape1637 · Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
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Interior of a Room with Figures A Man Playing the Lute, and a Woman1638 · Victoria and Albert Museum
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Village Scene with Men Drinking1631 · Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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Smallholders Playing Cards1635 · Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Feeling1635 · Residenzgalerie
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Peasants Fighting1631 · Alte Pinakothek
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The Back Operation1635 · Städelsche Kunstinstitut Und Städtische Galerie
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Interior of a Smoking Room1630 · The Louvre
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Peasants Smoking and Drinking1635 · Alte Pinakothek
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A Boor Asleep1638 · Wallace Collection
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Smokers in an Inn1630 · National Museum in Warsaw
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Dune Landscape by Moonlight1635 · Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Interior of a Tobacco Shop
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The Foot DoctorNational Gallery of Ireland
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At the Tooth Puller’sMuseum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
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A DrinkerMusée d'Arts de Nantes
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Roaring FarmerGemäldegalerie
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The SmokerGemäldegalerie
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Adriaen Brouwer | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bavarian State Painting Collections |
Munich | 15 | Peasants by a Fire, Village musicians (Allegory of hearing), Two brawling peasants with a barrel |
 Gemäldegalerie |
Berlin | 9 | A Peasant Singing, Woman seated at a tabel before a mirror (Dressing up), Landscape with Shepherd |
 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |
Rotterdam | 4 | Drunken Peasant in a Tavern, Farm by Moonlight, The Farmyard |
 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden |
Dresden | 4 | A Caricature, Smallholders playing dice, Father's of unpleasant duties |
 Kunstmuseum Basel |
Basel | 4 | Peasant with Bicorne and Tankard, A Woman Making Pancakes, Old Woman |
 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York | 5 | The Brawl, A Peasant Woman Picking Fleas off a Dog |
 Städel Museum |
Frankfurt | 3 | The Foot Operation, The Drunken Peasant |
 Alte Pinakothek |
Munich | 3 | Peasants Fighting, Peasants Smoking and Drinking |
19 years of Adriaen Brouwer's art, 1620 to 1638: the gallery follows them year by year, through the most famous originals of each.
Pick a year to see its originals.
A group of three figures occupies a dimly lit, rustic interior, caught in a moment of intense, unvarnished expression. Two men are seated in the foreground, their faces contorted by the physical effort of singing. One man leans back on a low stool, mouth wide open, a hand thrown upward into the shadows as if mid-gesture or mid-argument. A third figure stands partially obscured in the darkness behind them, a…
More from 1620
The painting known as A Caricature emerges from the brush of Adriaen Brouwer, a creator who captures the raw essence of human existence. This work belongs to the genre art movement, a realm where the artist turns a keen eye toward the unvarnished realities of everyday life. Rather than seeking the ideal, Brouwer finds truth in the distorted and the spontaneous, presenting a moment that feels caught in mid-breath.
To step into Adriaen Brouwer’s “Drunken Peasant in a Tavern” is to be thrust immediately into the heart of a seventeenth-century revelry, where the boundaries between merriment and misery blur. Completed in 1624, this masterpiece serves as a profound window into the Flemish Baroque, capturing a moment of unbridably human disorder. The scene is not merely a depiction of a social gathering; it is a visceral experience of the Dutch…
In this intimate portrait, we find ourselves face-to-face with a man whose very presence seems to carry the gravity of a long, lived life. The composition is tight, focusing our attention on the upper torso and the weathered landscape of his face. He is positioned slightly off-center, a choice that lends a sense of natural, unposed immediacy to the scene. A strong, directional light enters from the upper left, carving…
More from 1625
The work titled Peasant Feast is a creation of Adriaen Brouwer. This artist emerged from Oudenaarde, Belgium, to capture the unvarnished movements of daily life. His hand moved across the surface in 1626, fixing a moment of boisterous gathering within a rustic setting. The scene focuses on the heavy, physical reality of a group engaged in a meal.
More from 1626
Peasants of Moerdyck is a painting by Adriaen Brouwer. The work is dated 1628. It captures a specific, unvarnished moment of human interaction, frozen in oil. The scene rests upon the canvas like a heavy, wooden table in a dim tavern.
In "Seeing the Drunkard Home" by Adriaen Brouwer, a dark landscape at night swallows the periphery of the scene. A single lantern held by a figure on the left cuts through the gloom, casting a localized glow upon the travelers. At the center of this nocturnal movement, three main figures navigate the uneven terrain. One man is slumped and incapacitated, his weight leaning heavily into the two companions who support…
More from 1629
In the dim, amber-hued atmosphere of Adriaen Brouwer’s "Interior of a Tavern," we are not merely observers of a historical scene, but participants in a living, breathing moment of human connection. Painted around 1630, this masterpiece serves as a profound window into the social fabric of the Flemish Baroque era. The canvas vibrates with the raw, unvarnished energy of everyday life, capturing a bustling communal space where the boundaries between…
More from 1630
The oil on panel work titled Two brawling peasants with a barrel was executed by the Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer in 1631. This piece belongs to the genre of 17th-century Flemish genre painting. The composition focuses on a physical altercation between two figures within a rustic, dimly lit interior.
More from 1631
Adriaen Brouwer's “Twilight Landscape,” painted in 1633, stands as a quintessential emblem of Baroque art—a genre celebrated for its dramatic contrasts and profound emotional resonance. Currently residing within the Louvre Museum’s halls in Paris, this diminutive canvas (measuring just 17 x 26 cm) transcends its modest dimensions to deliver an experience rich in visual detail and psychological depth.
More from 1633
is a half-length portrait by the Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer, executed around 1634. The work presents a robust man captured in a three-quarter view, his gaze directed away from the viewer. He is characterized by a thick, unkempt beard and dark, disheveled hair, appearing in a dark brown garment.
More from 1634
There is a certain stillness that settles over this 1635 oil on panel, a sense of a moment suspended under an overcast sky. We find ourselves looking upon a landscape that feels lived-in and unadorned, where the air seems heavy with the dampness of a muted, desaturated blue-grey. A solitary shepherd sits amidst the terrain, his figure anchored to the earth as he plays a musical instrument, perhaps a flute,…
More from 1635
Soldiers playing dice in a tavern is an oil painting by the Flemish artist Adriaen Brouwer. Created around 1636, this work captures a quiet, intense moment of gambling among men. Brouwer was a significant figure in the development of genre painting, focusing his attention on the unvarnished realities of everyday life. He was born in Oudenaarde, Belgium, and his career was defined by his presence in both Flanders and the…
More from 1636
is an oil painting by the artist Adriaen Brouwer. Created about 1637, this work belongs to the landscape genre. The artist, Adriaen Brouwer, was born in Oudenaarde, Belgium, around 1605 or 1606.
The air in the room feels heavy, thick with the scent of spilled ale and unwashed linen. A group of figures huddles around a central table, their bodies overlapping in a crowded, restless dance of human proximity. Light spills from an unseen source, catching the curve of a ceramic jug and the pale, weathered faces of those gathered. It is a scene of immediate, unpolished life. Shadows cling to the…
In the Tavern, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Twilight Landscape (1633) and Drunken Peasant in a Tavern (1624) come next.
In the Tavern, Twilight Landscape, Drunken Peasant in a Tavern, Singers, The Brawl, The temptation of St Anthony, A Caricature, Village Charlatan (The Operation for Stone in the Head), Old man with a beard and Interior of a Tavern. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 159 works by Adriaen Brouwer, dated from 1620 to 1638.
Mostly in Bavarian State Painting Collections (Munich), Gemäldegalerie (Berlin) and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam). The museum table above lists them all.
In 1630: 40 of the 100 works on this page were made then, Interior of a Tavern among them.
On this page, the earliest is Singers (1620) and the latest Peasants in an Inn (1638).
Man (35), People (34) and Figures (26), across the 100 works on this page.
Oil On Panel, for 50 of the 100 works on this page.
Baroque, judging by the originals on this page.
Peasants by a Fire, Village musicians (Allegory of hearing) and Two brawling peasants with a barrel: the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich holds 13 of the works on this page.
