Brueghel’s composition presents an opening dance at a country fair. This is a traditional leaping dance that was performed by two couples preceding anyone else who wished to take part. The couple in the foreground hurry to the dance but are eventually distracted by the scene on the left. This scene also shows the atmosphere of the moment where a piper is in charge of providing the music while others drink, eat and quarrel.
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: XVI
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Link: https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/331/?offset=161&lv=list
Resource type: Image
Format: Oil on panel (114 x 164 cm)
Source: Kunsthistorisches Museum (Viena)
Language: German
Date: ca. 1568
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: 1059
Copyright: Kunsthistorisches Museum (Viena)
Abstract: Festive scene of the early modern European peasantry dancing to the sound of bagpipes
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