Oil on metal signed “Major D with a T inside followed by an F” on lower right part near the cask seat. Incised on verso “N°216” reference  Dimensions 16,9x20,5cm  Provenance : Swedish private collection.
Probably after the Pencil Pen & Ink drawing “A laughing peasant with a pipe, gamblers beyond” 14,3x14,7cm sold at Christies London 5-7-2011 lot 49. "... the guys he silhouetted, real Brabant peasant types, with a tight bust, strong legs, large head, with enormous eyes, seduced by their profound realism.” (L'art flamand Jules Dujardin 1896 Bruxelles p115). "… The subjects which he usually represented were the familiar scenes of peasants, or
artisans, recreating either with the social pot and pipe, at a cabaret, or at their festive and joyous meetings on a village holiday or in kermiss time… (A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish & French painters John Smith 1908 p252-53)