PIETER QUAST 1/3 – He was a Dutch painter (born and died in Amsterdam). Pieter Jansz Quast gave his age as twenty-six when his marriage banns were published on June 29, 1632. For its wittier imagery, the stage performances in The Hague and the theatrical characters etched by Callot, yes, was they really important. Observing its works you can admire small social genre paintings (painted peasant interiors and soldiers, comic theatrical scenes, guardroom scenes and peasants, as well as biblical and historical compositions). PIETER QUAST 2/3 – He was influenced by Palamedesz and Codde, but also by the French artist Callot. His style always are characterized by an harmonious palette and by an strong chiaroscuro. Naturally, he produced finished drawings for sale, with countryside landscapes and cityscapes. In 1634 he entered the Guild of St. Luke in The Hague. PIETER QUAST 3/3 – If you want to admire its painting oil on canvas “Card Players”, you can go at Musée de la Chartreuse (Douai) http://www.museedelachartreuse.fr/spip.php?page=sommaire To see its “The Concert” (painting oil on panel) you need to visit the Muzeum Narodowe Wroclaw http://www.mnwr.art.pl/ and for stay close at “A Party of Merrymakers” you can enter at Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York http://www.metmuseum.org/ No, it is impossible to admire “Soldiers Gambling with a Dice”, because what Pieter Quast had painted in the distant 1643 it is inside a private collection. You can see more on Meeting Benches, loking for: http://meetingbenches.com/2016/06/pieter-quast-16051647-dutch-painter-small-social-genre-paintings-and-theatrical-scenes/
