A young man dances to the music of two charivari musicians and a bagpiper in a circle around an egg. Above his head a signboard showing the middle part of a man's trousers, a reference to the erotic nature of the egg dance. On the left, a drinking party looks on. Behind the dancing man, a woman is embraced by a man. In the background, a dancing group and a bagpiper. Above, a one-line text in Latin. Below in the margin a four-line caption in French and Dutch.
Artist | Anonymous Master |
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Maerten de VosRKDWikidata | |
Joannes GalleRKD | |
Title | The Egg Dance |
Date | ca. 1626 - 1676 |
Period | 17th century |
Medium and support | heightened burin engravingAAT |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: M. de Vos invent. |
inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Ioan. Galle excud. | |
inscription outside the depiction, top centre: Has ducunt choreas, qui bacchanalia vivunt. | |
inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: un: malade riroit, voiant [...] /// .. sa peinture un coeur vivant perçer? | |
inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Ghijs bollaert, bouwen blaupype, en [...] /// ...allen over deij te danssen. | |
inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: D. | |
stamps (tools) on the reverse: Stad Gent / Museum voor schone kunsten | |
Collection | print room |
Object type | burin engraving AAT reproductive prints AAT |
Inventory number | 2014-LO |
Acquisition credit | unknown 2014 |
Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LO |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8490/manifest.json |