Peasant wedding

Brueghel, Pieter, II (1564/1565-1637/1638)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1620
Height:
81.5 cm  (32 1/16 in.)
Width:
105.2 cm  (41 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI. 911]

Description

A wedding feast in a barn. The bride is seated at a table while guests contribute to her dowry. Couples dance to the music of two bagpipers who stand at the back of the room.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 9. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2614