The Ommeganck in Brussels on 31 May 1615: The Senior Guilds

Alsloot, Denys van (born before 1573-died 1625 or 1626)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1615
Height:
118.6 cm  (46 11/16 in.)
Width:
171.1 cm  (67 3/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
Bruxelles (België)

    Item location

  • Victoria and Albert Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: 169-1885]

Description

8 males playing drums and 1 male playing a flute. This painting which is the right part of an original unique composition (see RIdIM record 207 for the left part) was commissioned by the Archduke Albert and Archduchess Isabella to celebrate the Ommeganck in Brussels in 1615. This was an important procession that honoured the most prestigious Guild in Brussels: the Crossbowmen guild.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Cylindrical drum [2532]
Transverse flute [4093]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The theme of music in Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century. II (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) 4, 322

RIdIM record id

208