painting, Matthijs Naiveu, probably 1708, Signature front, right, on the wall: Matth ... Nai ... Ao [1708], canvas, oil paint, painted, Carrier: 56 × 74 × 2cm (560 × 740 × - 20mm), With frame: 87.5 × 72 × 4.3cm (875 × 720 × 43mm), church, townscape, theater, woman, genre, man, tree, child, Painting depicting ' The farce Tragoedie or the Hartoog of Pierlepon 'in a village. In this play, the sequel of the so-called Duke recounts the history of Pyramus and Thisbe, based on Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. In front of a high church tower built in a classicist style, a scene can be seen on the right, around which a large crowd has gathered. On the stage is a gentleman, Pyramus. Behind him are two women, one of whom will pierce herself with a sword (Thisbe) and the other will hold a scepter with a moon (Diana or Semele). Furthermore, a second gentleman (the wall) and a simple man with a branch in his hands, while a harlequin (the bookkeeper) reads the text from a roll of paper. On the far left of the stage a young lion. At the top of the stage set, which is built in classicist style, is a crowned coat of arms, held and quartered by two lions, four vases and a statue of Mercury. Right behind the decor a view of houses and carriages. In the foreground is a wall with a white fence and more to the left a well with a yoke, from which a woman collects water. Among the audience in the foreground are several farmers, one of whom carries a scythe on the back, a merchant woman with cherries and a tree covered with two fungi behind a left half of the composition, in which a gentleman and a lady. On the left in the background a hay field and in the future a lake and the profile of a city. In the far left foreground, next to a shelter, a boy, accompanied by a woman and a girl, beats a cake at an old man. Signed on the right. Painting is in a wooden frame, 1908
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painting, Matthijs Naiveu, 1708, Signature front, right, wall, Matth ... Nai ... Ao [1708], canvas, oil paint, painted, Carrier, 56 × 74 × 2cm, 560 × 740 × - 20mm, frame, 87.5 × 72 × 4.3cm, 875 × 720 × 43mm, church, townscape, theater, woman, genre, man, tree, child, Painting depicting ', farce Tragoedie, Hartoog, Pierlepon ', village., play, sequel, - Duke recounts, history, Pyramus, Thisbe, based, Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'., front, a high church tower built, a classicist style, a scene, right, a large crowd, gathered., stage, a gentleman, Pyramus., two women, whom will pierce, a sword, Thisbe, will hold, scepter, a moon, Diana, Semele, . Furthermore, a second gentleman, wall, a simple man, a branch, hands, a harlequin, bookkeeper, reads, text, a roll, paper., far left, stage, young lion., top, stage set, built, classicist style, a crowned coat, arms, held, quartered, two lions, four vases, a statue, Mercury. Right, decor, view, houses, carriages., foreground, a wall, a white fence, left, well, a yoke, a woman collects water., audience, foreground, several farmers, whom carries, scythe, back, a merchant woman, cherries, a tree covered, two fungi, a left half, composition, a gentleman, a lady., left, background, hay field, future, lake, profile, a city., far left foreground, next, a shelter, a boy, accompanied, a woman, a girl, beats, cake, old man. Signed, right. Painting, a wooden frame, 1908
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