"The Parable of the Wicked Tenants"

Abel Grimmer was a Flemish late Renaissance painter, mainly of landscapes and, to a lesser extent, of architectural paintings. His works were important in the development towards more naturalism in Flemish landscape painting. He is principally known for his paintings in small format of country scenes, sometimes with a biblical theme. The works were at times in the form of roundels (i.e. in a round format).

Abel Grimmer's work is characterized by the simplification and systemization of figures and landscapes. His landscapes show splendid color harmonies and a certain linearity, through their slightly schematized compositions and their tendency to represent buildings as geometric shapes.