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 Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | The Egg Dance |
| Date | ca. 1626 - 1676 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Medium and support |
heightened
burin engraving AAT |
| 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 |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300139140 genre pictures AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25I22
prospect of village, silhouette of village
Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A723 bench Iconclass 41C12 drinking Iconclass 41C64 dairy products and eggs Iconclass 41C642 eggs, egg-dishes Iconclass 41D231 trousers, breeches Iconclass 43A festivities Iconclass 43A2 private festivities, merry company Iconclass 43A4 public festivities Iconclass 43C4 games of skill Iconclass 43C9 dancing Iconclass 43C943 group dancing around someone or something (folk dancing) Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48C8421 male dancer Iconclass 48CC75 making music; musician with instrument - CC - out of doors Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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