Cavaliers Stop at a Hostel

Gael Barent is considered the artist of popular celebrations, preferring to paint horse riders' stops in front of an inn or in front of a farrier's workshop. His paintings, which evoke a festive or picturesque village life, are in the vein of Adriaen (1610-1684) and of Isaack van Ostade (1621-1649).
Based on the texts of Sandrine Le Bideau in the catalogue Flemish and Dutch paintings—Collection of the Châteauroux museums (Peintures Flamande et Hollandaise—Collection des Musées de Châteauroux) Somogy-Editions d’Art