Merry Company
by VOS, Simon de, Oil on copper, 45 x 68 cm
Between 1628 and 1640 Simon de Vos painted a number of festive scenes with men and women singing and playing musical instruments and ranged round richly set banquets. Until about 1640 he must have gained some reputation in Antwerp with this kind of work. These company pictures bring to mind the contemporary pictures by Dutch painters.