Dancing Couple

Dancing Couple

RP-P-OB-2779

number: ‘109’

8/8

Here a bourgeois, urban couple is dancing merrily. The class difference with the peasant wedding depicted in the print nearby is reflected in the musical instruments used. Both the three-stringed fiddle and the lute were previously associated with the bourgeoisie. This was also true of the krummhorn, which was often played in trio or quartet.

The Illustrated Bartsch 159

• print maker: Heinrich Aldegrever (mentioned on object), Germany
• after own design by: after design of Heinrich Aldegrever

1551

gravure

height 54 mm x width 39 mm

Public domain

• The Illustrated Bartsch 159
• New Hollstein German (Aldegrever) 159

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200119810