Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot (Dutch artist, born Utrecht, 1585 – died Utrecht, 1666)“View of a Village with many Peasants and Village people”Not signedOil on canvas Size: 33 x 45.5 cm. (Framed)Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 euroNOTEJoost Cornelisz Droochsloot was a Dutch painter of genre pictures. Active in Utrecht from 1616 to 1660 and admitted to the Artists' Guild of St Luke in 1616 at the age of 40. Cornelisz Droochsloot is well known for his village scenes, landscapes, genre pictures, moral allegories and biblical stories. His early works reflects the influence of Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, David Vinckboons and Esaias van de Velde. He stood in the tradition of Flemish landscape painting, particular of the village scenes as developed by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. His village scenes usually depict a broad village street leading into the distance and houses on both sides. The villages are populated with crowds of coarse peasant figures, dispersed somewhat at random. These figures are individualised and depicted in expressive poses. Droochsloot paid a lot of attention to the details in his compositions. His village scenes often carried a moral message. He had a preference for a reddish-brown palette.Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot (Geb. Utrecht, 1585 – overl. Utrecht, 1666)“Dorpsgezicht met vele figuren gestoffeerd”Niet gesigneerdOlieverf op doek: 33 x 45.5 cm. (In lijst)