David Vinckboons

Country Fair

542 detail signatuur en datering
542 detail opschrift
542 achterzijde
542 ingelijst
542 voorzijde
542 voorzijde

David Vinckboons
Country Fair

On view in Room 3

A village fair is in full swing. People are eating, drinking, dancing and kissing. On the left a man is vomiting – the unpleasant side effect of over-indulgence.

At the end of the sixteenth century, David Vinckboons moved from Flanders to Amsterdam, where he introduced the theme of the country fair to Holland. Vinckboons’ peasants and their humble pleasures were a source of amusement to collectors from the bourgeoisie.

Technical details
542 voorzijde

David Vinckboons
Country Fair

On view in Room 3

Upwards

Details

General information
David Vinckboons (Mechelen 1576 - c. 1632 Amsterdam)
Country Fair
painting
542
Room 3
Material and technical details
oil
panel
40.2 x 67.4 cm
Inscriptions
at right, above the door, above the window: Dvinck=boons
Dv in ligature
at right, above the door, under the window: ANo 1629
AN in ligature

Provenance

S.B. Bos, Harlingen; his sale, Amsterdam, 21 February 1888 (Lugt 47093), no. 171; purchased, 1888 (635 guilders)