Molenaer was famous for these types of tableaux: eating and drinking in seedy taverns, dancing to bagpipe music and various other types of lewd behaviour. In the foreground, a drunken couple makes love lying on the ground. Behind them, one of the two distinguished gentlemen points to the lovemaking. A tavern with an outdoor staircase, which leads to a brothel, can be seen on the left. To the very far left, a man urinates, watched by a kneeling woman. Such peasant scenes were very popular. They were owned by townspeople who gloated over the riotous behaviour of farmers. In reality, however, country folk were nothing like the inferior beings they were made out to be in paintings.
| Artist |
Jan Miense Molenaer
RKD
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| Title | Village Fair |
| Date | 1644 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year on the edge of the table: Jmolenaer / 1644 |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1904-F |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1904 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1904-F |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/375/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300139140
genre pictures
AAT
300236227 townscapes (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
light
Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25I2 village Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 25I241 village street Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 33C relations between the sexes Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A housing Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask Iconclass 41C52 carousal, drinking-bout, orgy Iconclass 41C694 ham Iconclass 41C71 alcoholic drinks Iconclass 43A festivities Iconclass 43A1 periodic celebrations, popular feasts Iconclass 43A3 pleasure fair and circus Iconclass 43B31 inn, coffee-house, public house, etc. Iconclass 43C9 dancing Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 46A222 rural life Iconclass 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife Iconclass 47D31 windmill Iconclass 48C7354 bagpipe, musette Iconclass 48C75 making music; musician with instrument Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 100) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 130-131 (ill.)) |
| Over het genot van de zintuigen in de schilderkunst : Hypersensitief ; Joachim Wtewael - Fernand Khnopff - Robert Devriendt (tentoonstelling Sint-Niklaas, tentoonstellingszaal Zwijgershoek, 30.09.2012 - 31.01.2013) / Annemie De Gendt, Robert Devriendt. - Sint-Niklaas : Stad Sint-Niklaas, 2012 |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
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