Adriaen Brouwer

(Oudenaarde c. 1605/6 - 1638 Antwerp)

A peasant cutting his thumbnail

Panel, 13.3 x 10.5 cm

For many years, art historians overlooked this painting: It is listed in Hofstede de Groot in 1910, but is not included in the catalogues raisonné of Brouwer's work published by Knuttel in 1962 or Renger in 1986. This can probably be explained by the fact that it was for a long time in rather inaccessible private collections.