Village feast with people outside an inn and others at play

Linked to the Dutch Utrecht school, Joost Cornelisz specialised in genre paintings. His works are generally set in urban landscapes, in the manner of villages or small towns, where the anecdotal is the main subject of the canvas. The work is represented through a theme organised according to a classical scheme, with a main street traced in perspective towards the back of the painting, in which a small landscape appears. Through the crossing, a number of local people can be seen engaged in various activities. They are all ordinary people. However, a stooped man in the centre of the canvas with a walking stick and a dog stands out.

Collection: Images

Project: 11. Science and culture as representation in Europe., 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.

Chronology: XVII

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/festn-de-pueblo-con-personas-afuera-de-una-posada-y-otras-jugando/3wGfWI_fe1LoyA

Resource type: Image

Format: Oil on panel (88,8 x 125,8 cm)

Source: Museo Soumaya, Fundación Carlos Slim (Ciudad de Méjico, Méjico)

Language: Spanish

Date: 1661

Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)