# Peasants Smoking and Making Music in an Inn

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## Artwork

- Artist: [NATUS, Johannes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/natus-johannes-r29bafbd3cda63c>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm

## Commentary

In this genre scene three men are depicted relaxing in a sparse interior as one plays his violin and the others jovially hold a pipe and vessels for drinking. The scene is set in a basement, the light creeps in beneath the floor boards above.

## Related artworks

- [An Interior with Card Players and a Blacksmith](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/natus-johannes-r29bafbd3cda63c/an-interior-with-card-players-and-a-blacksmith-r4d6fd32b24c689>)

## Attribution

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