After David Vinckboons (1576 Mechelen -1629 Amsterdam).

Literature: New Hollstein 123.III/III.

Paintings of the high life of elegant young men and their fashionable women companions - the so-colled "merry company' pictures - were very popular during the Dutch Golden Age. 

David Vinckboons was one of the most popular and prolific painters and print designers of his time. His paintings of fashionably attired groups of well-to-do bourgeoisie, entertaining themselves by eating, drinking, and flirting in country-house landscapes influenced later artists. Many engravers made Vinckboons's drawings into prints - more than those of any of his Dutch contemporaries - prolonging his influence into the next generation. This print also shows the signature of Vinckboons: a small inconspicuous finch sitting on a branch in the front tree to the left (see our images for detailed view). 

Very good impression with margins of this sought after print.