The Whitsun bride

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


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1600-1638
Height:
50.8 cm  (20 in.)
Width:
77.8 cm  (30 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on wood

Additional titles

Boeren bruiloft

    Item location

  • Private collectionFormerly in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; sold by Christie's on 6 June 2012.

Description

In the center surrounded by a large group of people (mainly children) and the Whitsun bride are two boys, one playing viola da braccio (three strings, scroll) and the other playing cylindrical drum.

Iconclass

25I241
village street

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Viola [3561]
Cylindrical drum [2532]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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Wikimedia Commons image
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Christie's auction image and description
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RIdIM record id

3795