VINCKBOONS, David
(b. 1576, Mechelen, d. ca. 1633, Amsterdam)

Village Kermesse

before 1604
Oil on oak panel, 42 x 77 cm
Private collection

Like Vinckboons's other early works, the scene is constructed as a birds-eye panorama showing a lively village kermesse, the traditional church festival celebrated in the Low Countries. Such peasant subjects originated with Pieter Bruegel the Elder and constituted a major part of Vinckboons' oeuvre.




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