painting, Pieter van Veen, probably before 1615, Signature front, bottom left: DV [...], canvas, oil paint, painted, With frame: 275.5 x 354.5 x 11.5cm 2755 x 3545 x 115mm, Weight: 140 kg, history piece, woman, cityscape, man, Leiden, painting depicting a eating crowd of people: the feeding of the redeemed people of Leiden on October 3, 1574. In a cityscape depicting the Vliet seen in the direction of the Vlietgat, a large crowd multitude of citizens to get hold of the herrings and the white bread, which are brought into the city by the Beggars with their barges. In the left foreground is a citizen cutting off a herring. A girl is standing in front of him on the left. Right behind him is an old woman sitting next to a tray of bread. She is holding a loaf of bread. In the center is a man facing the viewer, pointing to the right on three women fighting for bread. In the center of the foreground, next to a gnawed bovine skull, sits a child eating bread. Two other children are standing with a woman who kneels in prayer on the far right. Behind her are another shouting boy and three men, one of whom has stripped the torso and is wearing a white cap. On the far right behind the kneeling woman another child. The foreground is closed on the left and right by a horse's head and a still life of bread and a pot with herring. On the left you see the barges of the Beggars. A number of civilians have jumped into the water and are trying to reach these barges. A trumpet player blows with all his might. On the other side of the Vliet and likewise on the right in the background a dense and happy crowd. Behind the Vlietgat, on whose path the defenders stand, one sees the bridge of the Neksluis and the flames of the burning Spanish jumps. Signed bottom left. The painting is in the original black-painted wooden frame with gilding. This original list states: When the hunger nut was expelled with food, it changes
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painting, Pieter van Veen, 1615, Signature front, bottom left, DV [...], canvas, oil paint, painted, frame, 275.5 x 354.5 x 11.5cm 2755 x 3545 x 115mm, Weight, 140 kg, history piece, woman, cityscape, man, Leiden, painting depicting, eating crowd, people, feeding, redeemed people, Leiden, October 3, 1574., a cityscape depicting, Vliet, direction, Vlietgat, a large crowd multitude, citizens, get hold, herrings, white bread, city, Beggars, barges., left foreground, a citizen cutting off, herring., girl, standing, front, left. Right, old woman sitting next, a tray, bread., holding, loaf, bread., center, a man facing, viewer, pointing, right, three women fighting, bread., center, foreground, next, a gnawed bovine skull, sits, child eating bread. Two, children, standing, a woman, kneels, prayer, far right., another shouting boy, three men, whom, stripped, torso, wearing, white cap., far right, kneeling woman another child., foreground, closed, left, right, a horse's head, a, life, bread, a pot, herring., left you see, barges, Beggars., number, civilians, jumped, water, trying, reach, barges., trumpet player blows, might., side, Vliet, likewise, right, background, dense, happy crowd., Vlietgat, path, defenders stand, sees, bridge, Neksluis, flames, burning Spanish jumps. Signed bottom left., painting, original black-painted wooden frame, gilding., original list states, hunger nut, expelled, food, changes
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