Smiling Peasant
Meet the 'Laughing Peasant,' a spirited sketch by Dutch artist Cornelis Pietersz. Bega. With just a few scratchy, energetic lines, Bega captures a man's infectious grin and the crinkles around his eyes, topped with a floppy cap. Bega was a student of the famous genre painter Adriaen van Ostade and specialized in these kinds of lively, everyday scenes of common folk during the Dutch Golden Age. It feels like he caught this guy mid-laugh, perhaps after hearing a particularly good joke at the local tavern.
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