Pieter AertsenDutch, 1508–1575De eierdans
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
Rijksmuseum
Room0.6 · Renaissance in the NetherlandsAmsterdam, Netherlands
On public display.
- Checked
- 23 hours ago
- In this state since
- Sep 29, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
The Egg Dance is a 1552 oil on panel genre painting by the Dutch artist Pieter Aertsen, now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which bought it in 1839 from the collection of Colonel von Schepeler in Aachen. It depicts preparations for the Easter or carnival custom of an egg dance.
Particulars
- Accession number
- SK-A-3
What it shows
Comings and goings
On view · Room 0.6 · Renaissance in the Netherlands
Rijksmuseum · Sep 29, 2026 — now · Verified
Whether it was on view is unknown
Rijksmuseum · Unconfirmed
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 5 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Meanwhile, in the life of Pieter Aertsen
The whole life1535–1556 · Workplace
Antwerp
1550
Son born: Aert Pietersz
1550s
Invents the monumental genre scene
Having begun with religious works, in the 1550s Aertsen developed scenes in which furniture, cooking utensils and food are rendered with great flair and realism in the foreground, while the biblical subject is barely noticeable in the background; his peasant scenes preceded Pieter Bruegel the Elder's by a few years. His workshop trained Stradanus and his nephews Joachim and Huybrecht Beuckelaer.
