The arrival of dancers at the wedding of Camacho

Hecke, Peter van den (active 1711-died 1752)


Item type:
textile, clothing and costume
Date of creation:
1710-1752
Height:
313.1 cm  (123 1/4 in.)
Width:
555.3 cm  (218 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
weft-faced tapestry technique with dyed wool and silk on warps of undyed wool

Additional titles

Scenes from the life of Don Quixote

    Item location

  • Frick Collection
    [Museum inv. no.: 1965.10.20]One of a set of eight entitled "Scenes from the Life of Don Quixote." The Frick collection owns two.

Description

Don Quixote sits watching two young women dancing at an outdoor wedding celebration. Music is provided by two men, one playing an oboe, the other, a bagpipe (one chanter, one drone). One of the dancers also plays a tambourine.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Oboe [4232] (right side, man standing)
Bagpipe [3746] (right side, man sitting)
Tambourine [2746] (middle scene, dancer)

Image URLs

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Notes

One of a set of eight entitled "Scenes from the Life of Don Quixote." The Frick collection owns two.

RIdIM record id

1642