Every peddler praises his own merchandise

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


Item type:
painting
Height:
17.0 cm  (6 11/16 in.)
Width:
17.0 cm  (6 11/16 in.)

    Item location

  • Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen
    [Museum inv. no.: 872/6]

Description

There are seven recorders and seven jew's harps in the basket on the peddler's lap.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Recorder [4039]
Jew's harp [2864]

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The Theme of Music in Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century, vol. 2 (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) 29, Cat. #112, Plate #LXXVIII.

Notes

The title is a Flemish proverb.

RIdIM record id

373