Village Scene 

David Teniers the Younger’s "Village Scene" is a small-scale oil painting, typical of the artist's genre paintings. The scene depicts a group of villagers in front of a thatched-roof cottage, with a distant church in the background. Teniers was known for his charming depictions of everyday life, particularly the lower classes, and his ability to capture the details of rural life in the Netherlands. This painting is an example of his mastery of light and color, particularly the warm light of the setting sun and the deep shadows. The painting is currently housed at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, Germany.