Violinist at a tavern.

Hand-coloured etching, 28,4 x 38,5 cm, laid paper, signed at bottom right: "M. Schoevaerdts fecit" (trimmed to framing line, rubbed at top left, few holes).

Laid down on paper, under passe-partout. Coloured by a later hand.

A violinist playing music and people dancing, drinking and smoking in front of a tavern. At bottom left a young boy with his dog. 1 of only 5 etchings known by the Brussels painter Matthijs Schoevaerdts (ca. 1660-1702).
Ref. Hollstein XXVI.20.4.