The Later Flemish Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen
A catalogue of works in the Royal Collection
DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER (ANTWERP 1610-BRUSSELS 1690)
Peasants Outside a Country Inn
c.1640-43RCIN 407274
A small panel depicts a matter-of-fact scene: not much happens in the garden of an inn with a sign painted with a crescent moon and a beer pot (seen also in CWLF 92, 406363). The value of the painting lies in the amount of detail Teniers can convey in his apparently careless touch and the little comic vignettes.