A Performance of the Farce 'Een Cluyte van Plaeyerwater' (A Clod from Plaeyerwater) at a Flemish Kermis — Peeter Baltens

Peeter Baltens. Painted c. 1570.

Peeter Baltens, a painter in the circle of Pieter Bruegel, played an important role in the Antwerp artists’ guild. He was also a rederijker (rhetorician): a poet and an actor. A comic dramatic work is being performed on the makeshift stage in the middle of this kermis scene. The farce is about a man – hidden in a pedlar’s basket – who catches his wife cheating on him with a clergyman.

From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Currently on display in Renaissance in the Netherlands, Main building, Middle Ages and Renaissance.

oil paint (paint), panel · Original size: 157 × 112 cm · Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague

Print: 119 × 84.9 cm, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt archival cotton paper. Museum-grade reproduction quality, true to the colours and detail of the original work.

Frame (optional): a custom-made wooden frame in a matte black finish, cut to the exact dimensions of this print, with an off-white passe-partout mat and protective glazing. Ready to hang.

Source: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108185. Image released under CC0 by the Rijksmuseum.