Village Church Festival, ca. 1645

Title

Village Church Festival

Painter

• Adriaen van Stalbemt

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on oak

Material

• oak wood

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten links: STALB F.

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1819 from Anton Ulrich von Holzhausen

Genre

• genre

Main Motif

• building
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people
• animal

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Pieter Bruegel the Elder
• George (saint)

Primary

• 43A35 performance in the open air (pleasure fair)
• 43A11 calendar festivals, non-liturgical celebrations of days belonging to the ecclesiastical calendar
• 25I244 village square, place
• 43B31 inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.
• 46A14 farmers
• 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife
• 46A131 bourgeoisie, middle class, citizens, burghers

Secondary

• 43B12 picnic, alfresco, 'déjeuner sur l'herbe'
• 46C1451 covered wagon, hooded wagon
• 46C13141 horse
• 43C94 group dancing
• 41CC52 carousal, drinking-bout, orgy - CC - out of doors
• 46B2 persons engaged in trade and commerce
• 11Q712 church (exterior)
• 25G3(BIRCH) trees: birch