Pieter II Brueghel, the eldest son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, made a great contribution to the dissemination of his father’s work. He had a studio that was specialised in copying and imitating several of his father’s paintings. The Peasant Wedding in a Barn is a virtually exact, though smaller, copy of the same work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, which is on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The painting we see here originally hung in the abbot’s residence of St Peter’s Abbey in Ghent. The wedding feast is set in a barn. The bride has a paper crown above her head, which is attached to a white cloth behind her. In the top right-hand corner two sheaves of wheat are suspended diagonally from a rake. The poor were allowed by law to gather any leftover stems of wheat from the fields after the crops had been harvested. This was called “zantecorn”, suggesting that the family that is portrayed here was not well-off. The couple of lovers in the hayloft on the left side of the panel were added by Pieter II Brueghel.
| Artist |
Pieter II Brueghel
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| Title | Farmer's Wedding in a Barn |
| Date | ca. 1616 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: .P. B[R]EVGEL |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | S-46 |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-46 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6347/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
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300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31D112
child
Iconclass
33C23 couple of lovers Iconclass 33C234 (lovers) caressing each other Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A171 barn Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A7211 stool Iconclass 41A722 couch, sofa, settee Iconclass 41A723 bench Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 41AA17 farm (building) - AA - civic architecture: inside Iconclass 41C nutrition, nourishment Iconclass 41C1 eating and drinking Iconclass 41C11 eating Iconclass 41C12 drinking Iconclass 41C122 pouring Iconclass 41C31 table-ware Iconclass 41C324 tankard Iconclass 41C341 dish, plate, saucer Iconclass 41C5 celebration meal, feast, banquet Iconclass 41C612 flour- and grain-products Iconclass 41C6121 cereal Iconclass 41C6121(+7) cereal (+ cooked foodstuffs) Iconclass 41C621 bread, loaf Iconclass 41C71 alcoholic drinks Iconclass 41C714 beer, ale Iconclass 41D221(CAP) head-gear: cap Iconclass 41D221(HAT) head-gear: hat Iconclass 41D221(HEADSCARF) head-gear (HEADSCARF) Iconclass 41D2656 belt, girdle, waistband Iconclass 41D267 purse, money-bag Iconclass 42D betrothal and marriage Iconclass 42D25 wedding feast, wedding meal Iconclass 42F341 waiting at table Iconclass 43A festivities Iconclass 45C13(EPEE) hacking and thrusting weapons (EPEE) Iconclass 46A121 coronet Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife Iconclass 46C1411 harness Iconclass 47I111 cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet) Iconclass 48C7354 bagpipe, musette Iconclass 48C75 making music; musician with instrument Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Note des tableaux dessins et estampes déposés dans la ci-devant école de l'abbaye de Baudeloo. Ceux marqués d'un K sont conformes à la note du 10 ventôse an V, trouvés au quartier de l'abbé de Saint-Pierre / Charles Piot. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (nr. 19) |
| Notice et description des tableaux et statues exposés au Muséum du Département de l'Escaut situé à Gand dans l'église de la ci-devant Abbaye St. Pierre + Plusieurs statues antiques et bustes, moulées en plâtre sur les originaux qui sont au Musée de Paris / Pierre François Antoine de Goesin-Verhaeghe. - A Gand : De l'Imprimerie de P.F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe, 1802 (nr. 201) |
| Notice des tableaux du musée de la ville de Gand, situé au local de l'académie royale de dessin, sculpture, architecture, etc. - Gand : D.J. Vanderhaeghen-Hulin, 1846 (nr. 50) |
| Catalogue du musée de peinture de la ville de Gand, 1900 / Louis Maeterlinck. - Gand : Imprimerie Victor Van Doosselaere, 1900 (nr. 59) |
| 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. 31) |
| Pieter II Breughel / Jan Pieter Ballegeer. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 52-53) |
| Pierre Brueghel le Jeune : Edition posthume mise au point et annotée par Jacqueline Folie / Georges Marlier, Jacqueline Folie. - Bruxelles : Robert Finck, 1969 (pp.179-180; nr. 3; (ill. 102)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 33, 36) |
| 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. 16-17 (ill.)) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 28 (ill.)) |
| 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. 46 (ill.)) |
| Antwerpen - Brugge - Gent : De musea en hun kunstschatten van Van Eyck tot Magritte ; ontdek het rijke erfgoed in drie Vlaamse steden ; de Vlaamse Kunstcollectie / Geert Souvereyns, Till-Holger Borchert, Paul Vandenbroeck. - Dijon : Éditions Faton, 2007 (p. 34 ( ill.)) |
| 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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