Karel van Mander the ElderNetherlandish, 1548–1606Boerenkermis
May one see it?
Unknown
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
The merry, dancing crowd fills the village square. Yet amid the revelry, things have gotten a bit out of hand: a couple embrace intimately on the left, a man vomits in the centre, and a scuffle brews in the background. The urban couple in the right foreground represents the viewer’s disdain. In the caption, however, the draughtsman Karel van Mander also questions their perceived loftiness.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-T-2008-101(R)
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
