Adriaen Rombouts

Adriaen Rombouts (c. 1640 – in or after 1670) was a genre painter active in Brussels in the middle of the 17th century.

He is known for his indoor scenes with peasants engaging in play, eating and drinking.

[2] Van Craesbeeck was a prominent genre painter who had trained with Adriaen Brouwer and had moved from Antwerp to Brussels around 1650.

[1] Adriaen Rombouts painted scenes with peasants engaging in play, eating and drinking at home or in taverns.

This includes A doctor performing a back operation, watched by country folk (Wellcome Library), which is now attributed to the anonymous Antwerp artist referred to as the Monogrammist H.C.[5]