![Pieter Codde - Merry Company with Masked Dancers [1636]](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3875/14884021679_23aa5a60d2_o.jpg)
Pieter Codde was known for his skill at rendering interior subjects such as soldiers in guardrooms, merry companies, tavern scenes, and other subjects, Codde was a leading practitioner of such scenes in Amsterdam. He was also a fine portrait painter, but his genre subjects have brought him his greater fame. A lifelong resident of Amsterdam, Codde was chiefly influenced by Frans Hals, who was active in nearby Haarlem.
[Mauritshuis, The Hague - Oil on panel, 50 x 76.5 cm]