The man on the left is writing out a list of taxes on items such as as , wine , beer and fish , which have been farmed out to private individuals to collect, as was common in this period . It is one of numerous versions of this composition , probably painted as a satire on covetousness ....Marinus van Reymerswaele , the son of a painter , was recorded in Antwerp in 1475 . Marinus is thought to have been trained by a glass painter there in 1509 . There are signed paintings by him from 1538-1547 , but little is known of his life . His banishment from Middleburgh in 1567 is apparently the last known record of him .
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Sunday, 19 February 2012
' Two Tax Gatherers ' Marinus van Raymerswaele (Dutch active 1535-1545) Oil on canvas , circa 1540 . The National Gallery , London .
The man on the left is writing out a list of taxes on items such as as , wine , beer and fish , which have been farmed out to private individuals to collect, as was common in this period . It is one of numerous versions of this composition , probably painted as a satire on covetousness ....Marinus van Reymerswaele , the son of a painter , was recorded in Antwerp in 1475 . Marinus is thought to have been trained by a glass painter there in 1509 . There are signed paintings by him from 1538-1547 , but little is known of his life . His banishment from Middleburgh in 1567 is apparently the last known record of him .
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