'The rustic wedding'
'The rustic wedding'
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Record No
13965
Title
'The rustic wedding'
Description
"Landscape with Kermis ('The rustic wedding')"; on the right a well dressed hunting group stands outside an inn where the proprietor offers them refreshment and a woman draws water at a well. On the left a crowd of drunken peasants dance to the music of a hurdy-gurdy player. One man has indulged too much and lies vomiting on the ground. In the distance figures bathe in a river.
Date of execution
c1653-1659
Section
Guildhall Art Gallery
Collection
Harold Samuel Collection
Artist
Wouwermans, Philips (1619-1668)
Notes
The term Kermis dates back to the sixteenth century and comically grotesque paintings epitomised by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Acquired: Bequeathed / Source: Harold Samuel / Received: 29/2/1988
Medium
oil painting
Support
canvas
Longest dimension
86cms
Shortest dimension
57cms
Accession No
3782
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