Dorfmusikanten (Das Gehör)
Adriaen Brouwer

Village Musicians (The Sense of Hearing),

1625 - 1638
Material / Technology / Carrier
Eichenholz
Dimensions of the object
24,3 x 20 cm
Displayed
AP OG Kabinett 11
Department
Flämische Malerei
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
629
Acquisition
Aus der Kurfürstlichen Galerie München
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Adriaen Brouwer, Dorfmusikanten (Das Gehör), 1625 - 1638, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/6kLa2nJG8V (Last updated on 28.08.2023)
A man is happily playing the fiddle. That the music is rather amateurish and dissonant is suggested by the revellers in the background who are having difficulty reading the sheet. The jug in the foreground tells us that this is more a drunken bawl than anything else.

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