# Peasant Wedding Dance

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRUEGHEL, Pieter the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel

## Commentary

The son has produced a variation upon a theme of his father&#39;s, and a comparison of the two works sheds light upon the particular vision of the older Bruegel. The father&#39;s work reveals a turbulent crowd of people, vitality, potential violence, with the figures seemingly bursting out of the frame. That of the son displays idealized faces and clear groupings, while the rather harmless festivities are held in check by the absence of figures in the areas along the border.

## Related artworks

- [A Village Street](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/a-village-street-rd13ca8f87457d6>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r142407a5d5f502>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r8be82c9dd464a4>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/adoration-of-the-magi-r1cf943ce3d656a>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/adoration-of-the-magi-rbb76a4d3433392>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/adoration-of-the-magi-rccd482ccc3b2b6>)
- [Battle of Carnival and Lent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/battle-of-carnival-and-lent-ra250809df7c10b>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/crucifixion-rf7952dcb11e394>)
- [Massacre of the Innocents](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/massacre-of-the-innocents-rd1a096f2e55e5e>)
- [Peasant Wedding Dance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/peasant-wedding-dance-r5c8c21a7660348>)
- [Peasants Greeting One Another](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/peasants-greeting-one-another-r06ba50e8d99598>)
- [Peasants Making Merry outside a Tavern &#39;The Swan&#39;](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/brueghel-pieter-the-younger-rd39c46a0d5d4e1/peasants-making-merry-outside-a-tavern-the-swan-r67cbaed62208e7>)

## Attribution

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