Country Fair in Schelle
1614 | Jan Brueghel d. Ä.
This picture is considered one of the loveliest and most balanced of Jan Breughel the Elder’s landscape compositions. It can be seen as a synthesis of two of the most frequently occurring types found in his work: the village or street view, and the river landscape with ships. Here a specific event is recorded, the country fair at Schelle, a village near Antwerp, on the Feast Day of Peter and Paul, June 29, 1614. To the left in the foreground the artist has depicted himself with his family, as occurs in other paintings of his.
This picture is considered one of the loveliest and most balanced of Jan Breughel the Elder’s landscape compositions. It can be seen as a synthesis of two of the most frequently occurring types found in his work: the village or street view, and the river landscape with ships. Here a specific event is recorded, the country fair at Schelle, a village near Antwerp, on the Feast Day of Peter and Paul, June 29, 1614. To the left in the foreground the artist has depicted himself with his family, as occurs in other paintings of his.
Artist:
Jan Brueghel d. Ä. (1568 Brüssel - 1625 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
1614
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish; Flemish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
mit rundum angesetzten Leisten: 52 x 90,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed at the bottom right of the boat: BRVEGHEL. 1614
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 9102
Provenance
5.5.1622 in the estate of Nic. Corn. Cheeus Antwerp; 21.4.1663 estate of his widow Anna de Schot, Antwerp; 1746 property of Count Schönborn; acquired 1950;