A funfair is in full swing in a broad village street. To the left and right are houses, mostly with thatched roofs. The horizon line is low, creating an expansive area of sky. Numerous partygoers, working farmers and townspeople are scattered throughout the painting. The most distinguished company consists of the officer standing in the middle, his colleague seated next to him, also with a moustache and goatee, and their beautifully dressed female companion. Two couples can be seen to the right of the officer, one standing and the other sitting. The seated husband surreptitiously puts his left hand up the woman’s skirt.
| Artist |
Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot
RKD
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| Title | Village Fair |
| Date | 1629 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year left of centre: JC Drooch Sloot 1629 |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1953-J |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Janson, Louis 1953 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1953-J |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2328/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300236227
townscapes (representations)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
light
Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 24A8 sunlight Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25I2 village Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 25I241 village street Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A housing Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A36 roof (of house or building) Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41C323 glass, rummer Iconclass 41C5 celebration meal, feast, banquet Iconclass 41C52 carousal, drinking-bout, orgy Iconclass 41C711 wine ~ alcoholic drinks Iconclass 41C7111 glass of wine Iconclass 41C714 beer, ale Iconclass 41D221(FEATHERED HAT) head-gear (FEATHERED HAT) 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 46E411 flags flown from a mast Iconclass 48C7354 bagpipe, musette Iconclass 48C75 making music; musician with instrument Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 33, 37) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent = Museum of Fine Arts Ghent / Claudie De Guillebon, Jacques Ostier, Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Parijs : Association des Amis de "Musées 2000", 1989 (p. 63 (ill. 116)) |
| 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. 22-83 (ill.)) |
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