Rustic Wedding Dance

1650

Wenceslaus Hollar after Jan Brueghel the Elder, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Associated Names
Wenceslaus Hollar

Artist, Bohemian, 1607 - 1677

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Artist After, Flemish, 1568 - 1625

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Artist After, Netherlandish, c. 1525/1530 - 1569

The image depicts a 16th-century village festival with detailed human activity and natural elements. Various groupings of people engage in activities such as dancing, conversation, and music-making. Figures dance energetically on a grassy area leading to trees. A group sits together under a canopy, possibly partaking in food or drink. The scene extends to the right, showing a road, people, structures, and a hillside in the distance. In the background, a church spire rises above the trees. The image features intricate textures and patterns in a monochromatic scheme, focusing on light and dark interplay with line intricacy.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1095

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1087, State only


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1982

  • Pennington, Richard. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Wenceslaus Hollar, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 1087, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65512303

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