Dutch school, circle of ADRIAEN BROUWER (Belgium, 1605 - 1638); XVIIth century

Dutch School, circle of ADRIAEN BROUWER (Belgium, 1605 - 1638); 17th century
"Drunkards".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
It has Dutch frame of the seventeenth century.
Measurements; 25 x 20 cm; 49 x 43 cm (frame).
The artist of this composition belongs to the school of Adriaen Brouwer, specialist in painting taverns. It belongs to this genre, created in early Baroque Flanders by the masters Adriaen Brouwer (1605 - 1638) and David Teniers (1610 - 1690), which soon came to Holland. As its name suggests, these are scenes set in taverns, called costumbrista works for showing the common customs of the common people of the time, with a variety of styles important, but always maintaining both the theme and a clear preference for an earthy palette. Influenced by the two masters mentioned above, the painter who makes this type of work, usually works an interior space with a very refined chromatic range, based on earthy and ochre tones, typical of the naturalism of the first baroque. In terms of style, these painters would normally be close to Teniers (more detailed works; precise, loose but short brushstrokes, defining the forms and qualities of figures and objects, without downplaying the importance of drawing), or Brower (more caricatured style, and brushstrokes and forms different from those of Teniers).
Adriaen Brouwer was a Flemish painter specialized in genre painting, active in Flanders and the United Provinces of the Netherlands in the 17th century. He was an important innovator of genre painting through his scenes of peasant life, tavern interiors with brawlers, smokers, drinkers and expressive portraits (the so-called "tronies"). At the end of his career he painted landscapes that denote a tragic intensity. His work had an important influence on the next generation of Flemish and Dutch genre painters. His works are preserved in national museums around the world, such as the Prado Museum and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.