Teniers frequently used in his genre scenes the theme of bowlers and other peasant games such as bocce, popular entertainments in the Flemish world of the 17th century. The composition is similar to Teniers’s works: at one end, the houses serve as a spatial reference, while the earthen slope develops a perspective towards the background of the landscape where the small village is located.
Collection: Images
Project: 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
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on panel (43 x 71 cm)
Source: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Language: Spanish
Date: ca. 1645
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: P001789
Copyright: Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Abstract: Scene of bowling among the peasantry in Early Modern Europe by Teniers
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