Beautiful Framed Flemish School Dated 1640: "village Dance In A Tavern" Oil / Wood

Rare and beautiful Flemish School "The Village Dance in a Tavern" oil on wood panel, well framed in an early 19th century frame with a large molded cornice with palmettes. This painting of an interior scene represents an intense moment of a scene of joy where the peasants dance vigorously. Dated 1640 in a cartouche, this charming genre painting from the first part of the 17th century (birth of Louis XIV), a lively scene, the attentive little dog in the foreground marking the pose. All the details are there for this festive atmosphere of a painting (numbered collection of the Atelier deTéniers-le-Vieux or of himself unsigned and bearing the inventory number 649. This Work is well in the demand of this period faithful to the village traditions, it comes from a castle of Tarn-et-Garonne and we can easily think that the Gascons are having fun to forget the worries of the time. Beautiful glazes and cracks of time this painting is well preserved and very decorative, the whole frame and painting of quality