A winter carnival in a small Flemish town

Gysels, Peeter (1621-1691)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
mid to late-17th century
Height:
26.0 cm  (10 1/4 in.)
Width:
34.9 cm  (13 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on copper

    Item location

  • Private collectionSold by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) in June 2012

Description

A winter carnival scene with many people; among them three male and one female (probably wearing costume of Pantalone) costumed figures; the female figure seems to dance and sing (depiction not clear); one male figure playing lute, the second tambourine, the third probably holding instrument (depiction not clear).

Iconclass

43A1
periodic celebrations, popular feasts

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Tambourine [2746]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1
Christie's auction page

RIdIM record id

3808