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- Reference number
- P01785
- Author
- Teniers, David (Flemish)
- Title
- Village Feast
- Chronology
- Ca. 1650
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 69 cm x 86 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
Peasants or villagers hold a feast
in front of a tavern or inn,
recognizable by its red flag. They
drink, eat and dance to the music
of a bagpiper standing on a barrel.
On the left, various distinguished
personages, who stand out because
of their different clothing, look
on with a combination of curiosity
and indifference. A large church in
the background indicates there is a
town nearby.
On the basis of works by his
teacher, Adriaen Brouwer (1605/1606
- 1638), Teniers made innumerable
genre scenes, but with a much more
friendly treatment. Works on
subjects very similar to the
present one, which repeat groups of
people and characters such as the
piper and the dancers. The tree
shown here was also used on several
occasions. Here, it divides the
scene into two parts: the volume of
the house on the right, and the
lines of perspective on the left,
as was common in many of these
works.
Sometimes, the artist as been
identified as one of the noble
personages in this work, although
others considered one of those
figures to be a portrait of the
Archduke Leopoldo Guillermo, the
painter's patron.
This work was probably acquired by
Carlos IV. It was in the Royal
Palace by 1814.
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