# Tavern with Merrymakers and Cardplayers

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herp-willem-van-the-elder-r712cebdc401821/tavern-with-merrymakers-and-cardplayers-r98a26083d4b9d0>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [HERP, Willem van, the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herp-willem-van-the-elder-r712cebdc401821>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on copper, 81 x 103 cm

## Commentary

Willem van Herp was a painter of history scenes with small figures, often inspired by the work of Rubens and other leading history painters. However, among the most attractive works by his hand are a number of genre paintings, mainly scenes with peasants in an inn or around a table. These paintings are related to the peasant scenes Teniers or David Ryckaert the Younger painted after the 1640s.

## Related artworks

- [St Anthony of Padua Distributing Bread](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herp-willem-van-the-elder-r712cebdc401821/st-anthony-of-padua-distributing-bread-r59642d4d7e2a0c>)
- [The Blind Fiddler](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herp-willem-van-the-elder-r712cebdc401821/the-blind-fiddler-r3fd1590bf1845f>)
- [The Visitation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herp-willem-van-the-elder-r712cebdc401821/the-visitation-r8f1dd9ac3bacad>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)