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| Keywords: Pieter Bruegel II - Peasant Wedding Dance - Walters 37364.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18749500 Creator Pieter Brueghel II Scenes of peasant celebrations that Pieter Bruegel the Elder made popular in the 1560s were still so in the 1600s and his son Pieter II devoted himself to filling that demand This lively scene by the son is derived from a famous painting of 1566 by the father now in Detroit In 1607 when this painting was dated the original was in Emperor Rudolf's collection in Prague so the son relied on an engraving Peasant life was hard and weddings offered rare opportunities for diversion The bride sits under a crude crown honoring her as queen for a day while neighbors offer gifts of coins The angular suggestive movements of the dancers whirling to bagpipe music convey a raucous mood that probably amused urban patrons 1607 Baroque oil on panel cm 38 1 57 2 accession number 37 364 24128 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Salute to Belgium Pieter Breughel der Jüngere-Jan Brueghel der Ältere Flämische Malerei um 1600 Tradition und Fortschritt Kulturstiftung Ruhr Essen; Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna 1997-1998 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 Déjà Vu The Repeating Image in Renaissance and Baroque Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007-2008 place of origin Antwerp Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Category Outdoor Peasant Wedding Dance by Pieter Brueghel II Outdoor Peasant Wedding Dance by Pieter Brueghel II Paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1607 paintings Salute to Belgium Dancing peasants in art 17th-century oil on panel paintings in the United States Bagpipers in art | ||||
