The criticism of greed was a popular theme in 16th-century Dutch painting. Paintings like this one were used to denounce the legal profession, which was already criticized for its greed. Van Reymerswaele's reputation is based on this type of satirical genre painting. The documents in the background of this painting refer to an actual lawsuit that had begun in 1526 but was not resolved until 1538, when the property in question had been destroyed by storms
Marinus Claeszoon van Reymerswa(e)le (Reimerswaal, c. 1490 - Goes, c. 1546) was a painter who worked in Zeeland from 1533-1545. He is also referred to as Marinus de Seeu. He trained at the university in Leuven (1504) and as a painter in Antwerp (from 1509).
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