# As the Old Ones Sing, so the Young Ones Pipe [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RYCKAERT, David the Younger]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 93 x 78 cm ## Commentary In his earliest paintings Ryckaert's technique is particularly attuned to that of the later Brouwer. After 1640 the affinity with the contemporary work of David Teniers the Younger appears to become greater. From this time a typical Ryckaert character appears repeatedly: a rather amiable bearded old man, who sometimes turns up as a shoemaker, sometimes as a lute player or alchemist. Like the old woman who often accompanies him, this figure gives a highly anecdotal character to Ryckaert's late work. In his later work it is noticeable how Ryckaert goes on repeating the stereotyped figures, including the amiable old man and woman, from his earlier work in continual variations. ## Related artworks - [Dulle Griet]() - [Farm Interior]() - [In the Village]() - [Man Sleeping]() - [Old Woman in the Pantry]() - [Painter's Studio]() - [Peasant with a Dog]() - [Peasant Woman with a Cat]() - [Philemon and Baucis Giving Hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury]() - [Suffering of the Peasants \(Plunder\)]() - [The Bean King's Feast]() - [The Cobbler's Workshop]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()