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Two versions of The Tax Collectors

The first, by Marinus van Reymerswaele, c. 1535. On display in The Louvre, Paris

The second, attributed to the Workshop of Marinus van Reymerswale, 1540's. On display in The National Gallery, London

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Paris / London

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Paris / London

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It is known that painters of the Golden Age often produced or had produced copies of their most popular paintings. It seems likely that the production of duplicates was to some extent the work of the master's students.

It is clear that one of the above is such a copy, although which one is the original might not be so easy to prove.

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This seems a good time to mention two period copies of 17th-century Old Master paintings that are on our website, available for purchase. Click the thumbnails below to see them.

   

    

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