A Party of Merrymakers
1635
38.0 x 50.0 cm
Viewers of the time would have taken in at a glance not only the off-key carousing but also signs—the fancy shoes, frizzy hair, open collar, and so on—that make the symbolic satyr redundant. Quast worked in the cosmopolitan milieus of Amsterdam and The Hague. His paintings and finished drawings reveal a broad knowledge of Dutch, Flemish, and French popular imagery (including Callot’s etchings) as well as the comic stage.
pieter jansz. quast (1605 – 1647)
Pieter Jansz. Quast (1605-1647) was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for lively genre scenes, merry companies & detailed depictions of everyday life – from guardrooms to peasants. Influenced by Rembrandt & Vermeer, his chiaroscuro style captures 17th
O ovom umetničkom delu
- Naslov: A Party of Merrymakers
- Umetnik: pieter jansz. quast
- Godina: 1635
- Prvobitne dimenzije: 38.0 x 50.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Status autorskih prava: Javno vlasništvo
- Boja (ton): Green Spectrum
- Percepcija svetline: deep_shadow