THOMAS VAN APSHOVEN | Peasants playing ball games in a village landscape

Acquired for the present collection during the 1970s.

H.-J. Raupp (ed.), Niederländische Malerei des. 17. Jahrhunderts der SØR Rusche-Sammlung, vol. 2, Genre, Münster/Hamburg/London 1996, pp. 18-21, cat. no. 1, reproduced in colour.

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Thomas van Apshoven became a pupil of David Teniers the Younger, whose style he imitated to great commercial success. He focused on depicting subjects, like his master, that represent village festivals, street scenes and peasants dancing and playing games.