Everyday plots in the work of Dutch art of the XVII century on the example of four paintings from the archive of expertise GosNIIR

During the 2000s, 4 works of the "little Dutchmen" of the XVII century - Bartolomeus Molenaar, Jan Minze Molenaar and Jan Jacobs Molenaar - were received for examination by GOSNIIR. They are all united by a single plot - everyday scenes of peasants and townspeople in taverns and pubs. This article will tell about these four works. The article uses technical and technological data and art studies from the expertise department of GOSNIIR institute.