# May Queen Festival

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRAKENBURG, Richard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brakenburg-richard-ra41c393ffe64cd>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 41 x 48 cm

## Commentary

Richard Brakenburgh - together with Cornelis Dusart - belonged to the second generation of Adriaen van Ostade&#39;s pupils. In his work the peasant genre became overlaid with petit-bourgeois mannerism and pictorial style became a cultivated convention. The May Queen Festival imagines a lovely procession of country bumpkins, all as innocent as the girl who leads the quest for spring treats.

## Related artworks

- [Family Having Breakfast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brakenburg-richard-ra41c393ffe64cd/family-having-breakfast-rae789d9dcff1fb>)
- [St Nicholas Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brakenburg-richard-ra41c393ffe64cd/st-nicholas-eve-rf62cb318d32e0a>)
- [Tavern Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brakenburg-richard-ra41c393ffe64cd/tavern-interior-ra6804cc2773fea>)
- [Tavern Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brakenburg-richard-ra41c393ffe64cd/tavern-interior-rcfe740cb909574>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)