The Tax Collector

manner of Joos van Craesbeek (Neerlinter 1608 – Brussels 1662) . Oil painting on panel, The Tax Collector in the manner of Joos van Craesbeek (Neerlinter 1608 – Brussels 1662), indistinctly signed 'C.B.'. Three tax collectors are seated at a table outside a house, a group of jostling peasants behind them. Some steps lead up to the courtyard and a drummer stands to one side, a pile of armour on the other side. Other steps lead up to a street scene above where groups of people are shown between trees and houses. A man wearing a red jacket and plumed hat talks to a woman in a doorway to the right. Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)