Bruegel the Younger’s "Peasants' Meal in the Village"

Published on 30 October 2020, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 29 January 2021 - 14:00 (CET) - Calendrier Paris - 75000 Paris

The Antwerp artist's tenderly ironic depiction of peasants eating in the heart of a meticulously detailed village is one of the most popular paintings in his repertory, both then and now.

Pieter II Bruegel, aka Bruegel le Jeune (1564-1638), Le Repas des paysans au village... Bruegel the Younger’s

Pieter II Bruegel, aka Bruegel le Jeune (1564-1638), Le Repas des paysans au village (Peasants' Meal in the Village), signed on the bottom left, oak panel, two planks, uncradled, 43 x 58.5 cm (approximately 16.9 x 22.8 in).
Estimate: €500,000/700,000

The setting consists of a hamlet of dwellings with earth walls and high thatched roofs reflected in a pond. Villagers are happily eating on the grass, perhaps at an event, or just enjoying the beautiful season. Four women and a man kneel around a large pot and dip their spoons into it, before swallowing their share of this rustic…

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Friday 29 January 2021 - 14:00 (CET)

Calendrier Paris - 75000 Paris

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