Farm fair, ca. 1600, Village view with a farm fair in honor of Saint Sebastian, ca. 1600. On the left the inn with a banner showing Saint Sebastian. In front of the inn and on the village square, the villagers enjoy themselves with food, drinks, pumping, goose stabbing and dancing. This also includes the excesses: drunkenness, vomiting, stealing and fighting. In the foreground on the right a man gives alms to a beggar, on the left a peddler sells hobby horses and other toys, in the background market stalls and a procession with a statue of Mary at the village church. In the caption 2 verses of 4 lines in French and Dutch, above the scene an inscription in Latin., print, print maker: anonymous, after design by: Pieter van der Borcht (I), (mentioned on object), publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), (mentioned on object), print maker: Low Countries, publisher: Amsterdam, 1600 - 1649, paper, etching, height, 224 mm × width, 305 mm
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Farm fair, ca, 1600, Village view, farm fair, honor, Saint Sebastian, left, inn, banner, showing, front, village square, villagers, enjoy, themselves, food, drinks, pumping, goose stabbing, dancing, also includes, excesses, drunkenness, vomiting, stealing, fighting, foreground, right, man, gives, alms, beggar, peddler, sells, hobby horses, toys, background market stalls, procession, statue, Mary, village church, caption 2 verses, 4 lines, French, Dutch, scene, inscription, Latin, print, print maker, anonymous, design, Pieter van der Borcht, I, mentioned, object, publisher, Claes Jansz, Visscher, Ii, Low Countries, Amsterdam, 1600 - 1649, paper, etching, height, 224 mm × width, 305 mm
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