Soldiers' parlour

"Soldiers in the Guardroom" depicts a scene from the everyday life of soldiers in 17th-century Holland. In the center of the painting, a soldier with a blue sash kneels and looks towards a figure with their back turned standing at the left edge of the painting. To the right stands a drum. In the dark background, rendered in shades of brown, soldiers are gathered around a fireplace.

The work is neither signed nor dated. The following clues can be found on the back:

On the frame: "LMO 13.960" in black pen (inventory number of the borrower Landesmuseum Oldenburg); handwritten sequence of letters in pencil, not identifiable; fragment of a label, not identifiable; blue grease pencil "106" (unidentified); dark pen, drawn circle (unidentified).

On the support: "K.1780" in black pen (recovery number Depot Kremsmünster, Austria); in yellow grease pencil "7" (unidentified); "LMO 13.960" in black pen (inventory number of the borrower Landesmuseum Oldenburg); white, blue-bordered label with perforated edge "2949" (inventory number of the "Special Commission Linz"); stamp "Property of the Federal Republic of Germany"; handwritten in black ink (?) "Le Duq Rf[?] 80-" (unidentified); white chalk "x" (unidentified).