Shrove Tuesday in the Country, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, c. 1625

Title(s)

Shrove Tuesday in the Country

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-1931

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date, bottom right: ‘[...] / [...]nne hage’ (There are fragments of a signature and date.)

Description

Boerenvastenavond. Een stoet van verklede lieden trekt over een stenen brug in een dorp. Op de voorgrond twee vechtende boeren, links enkele figuren op het ijs.

Artist

• painter: Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne

Dating

c. 1625

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 72.1 cm × width 93 cm
sight size: height 68 cm × width 90.5 cm

What

• Carnival, Shrovetide (non-liturgical celebration)
• winter landscape; landscape symbolizing winter (the four seasons of the year)
• standing or leaning with both legs straight, side by side, standing on tiptoe

Credit line

• Gift of Jonkheer H. Teding van Berkhout, Baarn

Acquisition

purchase Dec-1900

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 391, 392
• Erik Spaans, 'Feestgedruis : van banketten tot kermissen', Museum Tijdschrift 24 (2011) nr. 8, p. 16-19.