Peasants’ Church-Fair
around 1650 | David Teniers d. J.
Here Tenier depicts in great detail a merry peasants’ churchfair, which is also joyously celebrated by elegantly dressed burghers – the group on the right-hand edge of the frame. The Austrian coat of arms and the Spanish double-headed eagle on the inn to the left indicate Habsburg domination over the Southern Netherlands, yet could also be interpreted as an allusion to the man who commissioned the painting: most likely Leopold Wilhelm had the painting executed for his brother, Emperor Ferdinand III.
Here Tenier depicts in great detail a merry peasants’ churchfair, which is also joyously celebrated by elegantly dressed burghers – the group on the right-hand edge of the frame. The Austrian coat of arms and the Spanish double-headed eagle on the inn to the left indicate Habsburg domination over the Southern Netherlands, yet could also be interpreted as an allusion to the man who commissioned the painting: most likely Leopold Wilhelm had the painting executed for his brother, Emperor Ferdinand III.
Artist:
David Teniers d. J. (1610 Antwerpen - 1690 Brüssel) DNB
Time:
around 1650
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
76 cm × 112 cm
Framed (gallery frame with inscriptions): 93 cm × 128,2 cm × 7 cm
Signed
Inscribed at lower right: DAVID.TENIERS.FE
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 721
Provenance
1685 in the gallery in Prague; 1720 documented in the gallery in Vienna
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