BRUEGHEL, Pieter the Younger
(b. 1564, Brussel, d. 1638, Antwerpen)

The Kermesse of St George

1628
Oil on oak panel, 117 x 176 cm
Private collection

Many of Pieter Brueghel the Younger's best pictures are copies after his father's work or are derived from other sources. However, this painting, which exists in three autograph versions, is his own composition and by far one of the most accomplished among them.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 26 minutes):
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 212 (Bauernkantate)