03 — ARTWORK
The Blind Fiddler
HERP, Willem van, the Elder · 1650 →
- MEDIUM
- Oil on panel
- TYPE
- Genre
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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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 genreIn a broad sense, the term is used to mean a particular branch or category of art; landscape and portraiture, for example, are genres of painting, and the essay and the short story are genres of literature. 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.
OTHER WORKS BY WILLEM VAN HERP THE ELDER
- The Visitation 1659
- Tavern with Merrymakers and Cardplayers 1669
- St Anthony of Padua Distributing Bread 1662
The archive catalogues no further works by this artist.
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