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Merry Company, by Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, oil, 1620

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Overview

Merry Company is a 1620 oil by Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.

Who painted this?
Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech
When & what style?
1620 · Dutch Golden Age
Where can I see it?
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

The story of this work

Overview

Merry Company is a c. 1620–1622 painting by the Dutch artist Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, in Budapest. It belongs to the merry company sub-genre of the genre painting.

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Source: wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Artist

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech

Willem Pieterszoon (abbr. Pietersz.) Buytewech (1591/'92 – 23 September 1624) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is one of the early specialists in the merry company type of subject in Dutch…

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