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Oil on wood panel Flanders, early 17th Century Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638) attributed - Flemish artist The reverse with three wax seals of the family von Pölnitz Dimensions, framed: 28 x 26,5 cm Good condition Provenance: Private German collection; formerly private collection of the family von Pölnitz These small, portrait-like character studies, called 'Tronie' in Dutch, are typical for Adriaen Brouwer's oeuvre; Paintings attributed to Adriaen Brouwer fetch up to 69,000 Euro at international auctions The painting "The Meat Eater" dates to the early 17th Century and is attributed to the Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer. The painter, who has studied in the studio of Frans Hals, is known as the master of peasant genre paintings and 'tronies'. Typically for Brouwer, these were rendered, as here, on small sized panels. It shows a peasant with a rack of meat in one hand and a knife and a piece of the meat in the other. The colour palette is subtle and speaks of his later works in which brown was the fundamental colour. The painter has applied only a few lighter scents highlighting for example his teeth. The mimic of the peasant is closely studied, which would also be typical for Adriaen Brouwer's later works. Adriaen Brouwer's works were collected by Rembrandt and Rubens and had a great influence on Flemish and Dutch genre painters, such as David Teniers the Younger. The work is in good condition with age-related signs of wear. The painting is covered with a layer of varnish. The lower corner has a minimal notch and some traces of framing can be seen all around. The golden colour of the frame has left some traces on the upper margin. The dimensions framed are 28 x 26.5 cm and the dimensions of the panel are 19 x 16 cm. The reverse of the panel shows three different wax seals of the family von Pölnitz, most certainly from three generations. One seal bares the inscription: "GERHARD FRHR VON POELNITZ 1910". Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638) Adriaen Brouwer was probably born in the Flemish Oudenaerde in 1605. As a young man he went to Holland, where he has learned in the studio of Frans Hals. In 1630 he moved to Antwerp where he was accepted in the St. Luke's Guild in 1931. His paintings that were appreciated very much by Rubens, also show some influences by this painter. They mostly concerned themselves with the common people whose lives and portraits he kept in genre scenes and tronies. His works chronologically speak more and more of a subtle colour palette and the individual character of the depicted is in the foreground of his later works. His paintings can today be found in mostly all of the world's great museums, such as the Wallace Collection in London, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Royal Museum in Antwerp, the Pinakothek in Munich, the Metropolitan Museum in NY and die Eremitage in St. Petersburg.