# Bentvueghels in a Roman Tavern [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LAER, Pieter van]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Pen in brown wash over a drawing in black chalk, 203 x 258 mm ## Commentary Bentvueghels in a Roman Tavern c. 1625 Pen in brown wash over a drawing in black chalk, 203 x 258 mm Staatliche Museen, Berlin In 1623, Dutch painters living in Rome \(Pieter van Laer, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Bartholomeus Breenbergh and others\) formed a sort of brotherhood, the members of which were known as Bentvueghels \(literally: bids of the flock\). Every newcomer from the north could join the club, but first had to undergo a farcical induction ritual. The Bentvueghels took great pride in their parties as shown by the large number of drawings and even paintings made of them. ## Related artworks - [Departure from the Inn]() - [Landscape with Morra Players]() - [The Cake Seller]() - [The Flagellants]() - [The Herdsmen]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()