"Attributed To Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh (circa1610 - 1670), A Peasant Romance"
Attributed to Hendrick Martensz. SorghDutch painter
Rotterdam circa 1610 – 1670 Rotterdam
A man courting a woman in front of a farmhouse
Oil on copper : 15,4 X 20,1 cm
Unsigned
Frame : 24,8 X 29,2 cm
Sorgh was an important, versatile painter from Rotterdam, where he had been influenced by Herman and Cornelis Saftleven, and probably through them by the Flemish genre scene painter David Teniers II, as one can see here.
Sorgh painted several courtship scenes.
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