JAN MIENSE MOLENAER (1609/10-68)
Peasants Merrymaking out of Doors
1650-59RCIN 405490
These are probably city-dwellers dressed for a party, rather than real peasants. They are grouped by the Haarlem-born artist in a loose triangle formation, with a farmhouse and dovecot behind them. Their play-acting is mocked by the young boy with a hoop in the foreground right.
First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1852
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