A Peasant eating Mussels

A Peasant eating Mussels

de Paula Marti of 1794

A saddle bag on the ground indicates that this is a working horse

with whom Cuyp trained

basing his style in this case on the famous Dutch animal painter

created Prince of Oneglia

This picture was probably painted when Both was in Rome

while two diminutive assistants (his children

but his special status - he was already an established master in his own right - is demonstrated by the fact that he did not scruple to 'improve' the composition to suit his own ideas

Some subjects - such as this single figure of a woman drinking - seem to fall somewhere in between

The attribution to Lauri has been retained since 1813

Attributed in the 1813 inventory to Ruisdael

the attribution to Lefebvre was proposed by Boyer