Death is Violent and Fast
by CRAESBEECK, Josse van, Oil on panel, 73 x 102 cm
In this and other related paintings by Van Craesbeeck after 1640 there is a certain theatricality. Compared with his earlier work, the colouring has become clearer and more descriptive and the smoky Brouwerian tonality has given way to a more uniform and brighter lighting which makes the figures look more emphatically modelled.
The painting is also known as Quarrel in a Pub.