Interior of an Inn
by CRAESBEECK, Josse van, Oil on panel, 37 x 47 cm
This genre scene shows the interior of an inn with a peasant smoking a pipe and a soldier drinking, other figures smoking and drinking in the background.
The panel represents an example of Craesbeeck’s early depictions of tavern interiors. He was a pupil of Adriaen Brouwer whose scenes of Flemish and Dutch alehouses influenced the subject matter that he subsequently explored.