Jan Steen - Village Wedding
This Village Wedding by the Dutch maestro of narrative genre scenes, Jan Steen, is revealed slowly through the device of a pulled back, or in this case, wrapped up, curtain. In the centre of this spacious room, a fiddler stands on a table, playing his tune to the dancing crowd. In front of him, a man who has drunkenly fallen off his chair is ridiculed by a young boy with a drum and a seated mother, too immersed in their laughter to notice the dog stealing meat from the platter at centre. A young maid and soldier are hidden in a doorway to the left, the soldier's fingers crossed behind his back in the hope that his advances will be well-received.
[Christie’s, New York - Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 87.6 cm]
Jan Steen - Village Wedding
This Village Wedding by the Dutch maestro of narrative genre scenes, Jan Steen, is revealed slowly through the device of a pulled back, or in this case, wrapped up, curtain. In the centre of this spacious room, a fiddler stands on a table, playing his tune to the dancing crowd. In front of him, a man who has drunkenly fallen off his chair is ridiculed by a young boy with a drum and a seated mother, too immersed in their laughter to notice the dog stealing meat from the platter at centre. A young maid and soldier are hidden in a doorway to the left, the soldier's fingers crossed behind his back in the hope that his advances will be well-received.
[Christie’s, New York - Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 87.6 cm]