When was peasant wedding painting

While some of its content remains obscure, like nearly all Bruegel's paintings, The Peasant Wedding contains numerous symbolic references as well as a clear moralistic undertone. The work is one of several panel paintings by the artist which are held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The wedding banquet is shown taking place in a barn in springtime. The furnishings are a parody of a rich landowner's hall. In place of a finely woven tapestry, an old blanket hangs from the wall behind the bride.

The wooden tables and chairs are roughly fashioned, while an old door has been taken off its hinges to serve as a banqueting tray. The main foods on offer appear to be bread, porridge and soup.

Two ears of corn on the wall, together with a rake, are conspicious reminders of the hard grind to which peasants are born. On the left, two pipers are playing the pijpzak, while on the right the most distinguished-looking guest is sitting on an upturned tub. The bride sits in front of a green tapestry, a paper crown hangs over her. The bridegroom was not present at the wedding feast in accordance with Flemish custom.

A lawyer with a mortar—board, a Franciscan monk and the lord of the manor with his dog to the far right are all visible; the porridge dishes carried in on an unhinged door are utterly simple, and the posture and gait of the carriers are similarly striking. Pieter Bruegel d. Pieter Aertsen, Meat Stall. Bruegel, the Dutch Proverbs. Bruegel, Tower of Babel.

Bruegel, Hunters in the Snow Winter. Practice: Bruegel, Hunters in the Snow. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Wedding. Reliquary bust of a companion of Saint Ursula. Next lesson. Current timeTotal duration Google Classroom Facebook Twitter. Video transcript lighthearted music Male Voiceover: Art so often focuses on the lives of kings, of biblical figures, of saints and martyrs, but what about everyday people? What about most of us? Female Voiceover: Well, that's exactly what we get to see, thanks to Bruegel, who is known as the peasant painter.

We're seeing a peasant wedding from the late 16th century. Male Vocieover: There's so much to look at here. There's so many people crowded into this barn-like space.

The scene depicts an accurate portrayal of the 16th-century celebration of a peasant wedding with the inclusion of many fascinating details:. Pieter Bruegel the Elder was an intellectual, and many of his paintings have a symbolic meaning and a moral aspect.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder may also be depicting an old Flemish proverb:. Pieter Bruegel the Elder — was the most significant Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting artist. He is a painter known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He significantly influenced the Dutch Golden Age painting with his innovative choices of the subject matter.

He was one of the first generation of artists to grow up when religious subjects had ceased to be the dominant subject matter of painting.