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.

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Online ID:	000-190-000-846-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.OD 6
Date:	17th century
Material:	Oil on canvas
Dimensions:	1130 mm H x 1510 mm L
What:	Painting, oil
Subject:
Who:	De Witt
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Description:	Oil painting of The Village Dance or Penny Wedding, after de Witt
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