Pieter Crijnse Volmarijn (Flemish c. 1612-c. 1657)

Pieter Crijnse Volmarijn, born in Rotterdam, was a student of Hendrik Maertensz. Sorgh, his uncle. Though Sorgh primarily painted peasant interiors in the tradition of Teniers and Brouwer, Volmarijn was more greatly influenced by Rubens, as evidenced by the present modello with its loose brushwork and Rubensian palette.