RecordPainting, 'The village dance' or 'Lowland wedding'
Painting, 'The village dance' or 'Lowland wedding'This oil painting, known as 'Village Dance' or 'Lowland Wedding', is attributed to Dutch painter Emanuel De Witte (1617-92). Burlesque in style, it shows music and dancing at a celebration, probably a wedding, in a rural community in Scotland. The painting contains motifs common to this genre of paintings - including dancing, an elevated musician and scenes of debauchery. This type of painting was part of a European fashion for illustrating and sometimes parodying rural life. It gives a rare glimpse of those who served, and were dependent on, the nobility and landowners in 17th-century Scotland. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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