This is an old master tavern scene, in the style of David (The Younger) Teniers II. David Teniers the Younger was the more celebrated son of David Teniers the Elder, almost ranking in celebrity with Rubens and Van Dyck. His son David Teniers III and his grandson David Teniers IV were also painters. His wife Anna nee, Anna Breughel was the daughter of Jan Brueghel the Elder and the granddaughter of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Teniers's earliest work is remarkable for its similarity to the work of Adriaen Brouwer, who settled in Antwerp in 1631 and brought a new freshness to the Bruegelian tradition of peasant scenes. From Brouwer, Teniers took the sinister and satirical figures as well as their setting in a smoky, half-darkened interior. Like those of Brouwer, these paintings are executed in a somewhat monochrome palette. Overall size: 23 3/4 x 28 3/4 in Sight size: 17 x 21 1/4 in