Return from the fair

Lytras, Nikiforos (1832-1904)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1865-1872

Height:

100.0 cm  (39 3/8 in.)

Width:

66.0 cm  (26 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Additional titles

Description

A family – the father, the mother and their two children – are on their way back from a holiday on Mount Penteli. It is wintertime, as the trees are bare. Everyone is in their special holiday costume. The father is playing the lute, riding the donkey, which is decorated with colourful blankets. A wine flask hangs from the saddle. The mother follows on foot with her youngest child on her shoulders, a cookie from the feast in its hand. The eldest son walks by the mother, accompanying the lute with his flute. (National Gallery description)

Iconclass

42B72
the family travelling, on holiday

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Tanbur [3466]
Transverse flute [4093]

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5003