Tavern scene.

Drawing, red chalk (sanguine), 22 x 30 cm, laid paper, signed with initials at lower right corner "M.S." (sm. crease at lower right edge).

Under passe-partout, under wooden gilt frame (not studied outside frame).

The interior of a tavern with a merry company around a table. A sketch which may have been intended for a larger painting. Based upon the signature in the lower right corner, the drawing could be by Mathys Schoevaerdts, a Brussels painter (active 1680-1709) known for his village scenes and landscapes in the manner of David Teniers.
Prov. Albert Van Loock (coll. stamp).