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Bredael, Alexander van (1663-1720)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1697
Height:
106.0 cm  (41 3/4 in.)
Width:
136.0 cm  (53 9/16 in.)

Additional titles

Fête at Antwerp

    Item location

  • Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
    [Museum inv. no.: 1912inv.125]The Joconde database entry lists the inventory number at Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille as "P 195."
    Catalog number listed on the RIDIM card is 1893cat.105

Description

A festival or parade-like scene in the street or town square of Antwerp. There are floats, soldiers and other attractions. The scene is filled with people and animals. In the background people can be seen watching the activity from balconies and windows. The pellet bells are on the costume of the jester leading the camel, along with the bridle straps and drapery covering the camel. Represented are three male soldiers playing straight trumpets, two male actors on a float playing straight trumpets, a male street musician playing bagpipe, a male jester with pellet bells, and a male soldier playing kettledrums with drumsticks.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown trumpet [6556]
End-blown trumpet [6556]
End-blown trumpet [6556]
End-blown trumpet [6556]
End-blown trumpet [6556]
Bagpipe [3746]
Bell [2381]
Kettledrum [2887]

Image URLs

image link 1
Joconde image and catalogue record.
image link 2
Bridgeman Art image.

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The Theme of Music in Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century, vol. 2 (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) 16, Cat. #59, Plate #LI.

RIdIM record id

353