A Merry Company Dancing outside an Inn, ca. 1753

Title

A Merry Company Dancing outside an Inn

Painter

• Januarius Zick

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Unbezeichnet

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1916 by bequest from Berta von Hergenhahn

Genre

• genre

Main Motif

• dance
• musician (male)
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people

Primary

• 43B31 inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.
• 43C92 one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple
• 48CC72 musician - CC - out of doors
• 48C75 making music; musician with instrument
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31D17 old woman
• 31D112 child

Secondary

• 48CC7312 viola, violoncello; double bass - CC - out of doors
• 48CC7311 violin, fiddle - CC - out of doors
• 48CC7351 flute, aulos, tibia - CC - out of doors
• 41A711 table
• 41C323 glass, rummer
• 41C311 table-knife
• 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket
• 41C653 fruit