Village Kermesse
by VINCKBOONS, David, Oil on oak panel, 42 x 77 cm
Like Vinckboons’s other early works, the scene is constructed as a birds-eye panorama showing a lively village kermesse, the traditional church festival celebrated in the Low Countries. Such peasant subjects originated with Pieter Bruegel the Elder and constituted a major part of Vinckboons’ oeuvre.