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1568, Artist: Pieter Bruegel d. Ä.
The apparent “snapshot” of this picture is in fact carefully composed. Dispensing with allegorical meaning the painting is a realistic record of a Flemish peasants’ wedding. The bride sits in front of a green tapestry, a paper crown hangs over her. The bridegroom was not present at the wedding feast in accordance with Flemish custom. A lawyer with a mortar–board, a Franciscan monk and the lord of the manor with his dog (to the far right) are all visible; the porridge dishes carried in on an unhinged door are utterly simple, and the posture and gait of the carriers are similarly striking.
Painting
Netherlandish
1568
Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. (um 1525/30 Breugel oder Antwerpen? - 1569 Brüssel) - GND
oak wood
unten beschnitten, dann wieder 5 cm angestückt: Overall: 113 cm × 164 cm × 3,2 cm
Framed: 133 cm × 183 cm × 7,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Gemäldegalerie, 1027
1594 acquired by Archduke Ernst in Brussels; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm
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