A Distillery with an elderly Man buying Gin from a Woman Sir Edward Coley These formed the basis for

These formed the basis for five paintings

appears in the horses' trappings) and the idea here of a hunt by night is playful or symbolic rather than realistic

as well as the late-medieval Torre del Gardello

possibly painted in his studio

A Distillery with an elderly Man buying Gin from a Woman Sir Edward Coley These formed the basis forTeniers was a prolific painter in several genres, including peasant subjects in the manner of Brouwer which were widely known through engravings. This painting has been dated to the 1640s. It was known in 18th century France as 'Le Manchot' 'The One Armed Man' on account of the seated figure whose left hand is concealed below his apron. He holds up a coin to buy a glass of gin from the woman seated opposite. The distillery probably an illegal still