Date:1650
Description:
Pieter Brueghel the Younger (Follower of)
The Peasants' Dance, 1650
Oil on panel
297mm x 487mm
A village scene with peasants dancing. This rather naive work appears to be by an as yet unidentified follower of Pieter Brueghel the Younger. It is not a copy of a known work by Brueghel, but the inn with the tall tree in front is somewhat reminiscent of Pieter Brueghel's painting of the Inn of St Michael (after 1616), of which several copies exist. The subject of peasants dancing and drinking was a typical Brueghelian theme, here set in an imaginary landscape in the same style. The perspective is somewhat erratic, the houses of the village on the far left appear far more distant than the buildings on the right of the inn. The peasants' clothes are nearly all bright in colour, especially the reds. The painting appears to be an authentic work of the seventeenth century, although the upper part of the painting (i.e. sky and foliage) has been largely overpainted, which affects the overall appearance of the work.
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Donor ref: LEAMG : A378.1953 (64/23975)
Source: Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
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