Bruegel the Elder, Children's Games

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca 1525-1569), Children's Games, 1559-60, oil on wood, 118 x 161 cm.

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Canon 7D

 

@@@@ Definition of the games/Bedeutung der Kinderspiele @@@@ (Source: Wikipedia.org)

 

Left above in the window: Wearing masks for fun & Hanging seat - Maskenspiel & Schaukeln

 

In the foreground, left corner: Knucklebones - Steinchenspiel

 

Above: Playing with dolls - Puppenspiel

 

To the right: Shell bobbin, Soap bubbles, Playing with birds & Dice rattle - Drehspule, Seifenblasen, Mit Vögel spielen & Würfelkinderrassel (also further on detail 1)

 

To the right: Mock baptismal - Taufprozession

 

Above: Blind man’s bluff game - Blinde Kuhspiel

 

To the right: Morra game - Gerade oder Ungerade

 

Below: Pope’s seat game - Der Sitz des Papstes (also on detail 2)

 

Below: Hobby-horse, Playing flute and drums & Stirring excrements with a stick - Steckenpferd, Flöte und Trommel spielen & Mit einem Stock in Exkrementen stochern (also further on detail 2)

 

To the right: Hoop rolling, Shouting into the barrel, Hoop rolling with bells & Inflating a pig’s bladder - Reifentreiben, Durch ein Loch in ein Fass rufen, Reifen mit Glöckchen & Eine Schweineblase aufblasen

 

Riding the barrel - Auf einem Fass reiten

 

Riding piggyback - Huckepack (also on detail 3)

 

Left corner: To play shop - Kaufmannsladen spielen (also on detail 3)

 

Above: Mumblety-peg game & Building with bricks - Taschenmesserwerfen & Bauklötzespiel (also on detail 3)

 

To the left: Bouncing someone’s buttocks - Den Hintern schaukeln (also on detail 3)

 

Middle ground, to the right: Pulling hair - Sich an den Haaren ziehen (also on detail 3)

 

Above: Catching insects - Insekten fangen (also on detail 3)

 

To the left: Raisinbread man - Stutenkerl (also on detail 3)

 

To the left: Throwing hats through one’s open legs - Hüte werfen (also on details 3 & 6)

 

Leapfrog game - Bockspringen (also further on detail 5)

 

Rider tournament - Reiterkampf (also further on detail 5)

 

Passing through kicking legs - Gassenlaufen (also on detail 4)

 

Over the fence: Contort the body like a wheel, Handstand & Child’s Somersault - Sich verknoten, Kopfstehen & Purzelbaum (also on detail 4)

 

Fence riding - Auf dem Zaun reiten (also on detail 4)

 

To the right: Mock wedding - Hochzeitsprozession (also on detail 4)

 

Piñata game & Walk on stilts - Piñata-Spiel & Stelzenlaufen

 

@ For definition of the background games, see details 7, 8 and 9 @

 

For several details of the painting, see next pictures

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