Willem Pietersz. Buytewech Medium color on canvas mounted on wood
Dimensions 52 X 62 cm
TTD Frohliche Gesellschaft Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591/1592 - September 23, 1624) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Golden Age. He is often considered the "inventor" of Dutch genre painting. For his preference of irony, his contemporaries named him eGheestige Willeme (Jolly or spiritual William).