Peasants making Music and Dancing, Cornelis Pietersz. Bega, 1650 - 1664

Title(s)

Peasants making Music and Dancing

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-24

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘c bega’

Description

Interieur van een herberg met boeren die zingen, dansen en muziekmaken. Links muzikanten met een cello en viool.

Artist

• painter: Cornelis Pietersz. Bega

Dating

1650 - 1664

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 47 cm × width 40.5 cm

What

• inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.
• private festivities, merry company
• more than one musician with instrument
• folk dancing (men and women together)

Acquisition

purchase 1809

Copyright

Public domain

• De Gouden Eeuw begint in Haarlem, Pieter Biesboer, p. 144, afb. 109, cat.nr. 109
• Frans Hals und Haarlems Meister der Goldenen Zeit, Pieter Biesboer, p. 144
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 108