The Village Wedding

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The Village Wedding is a lively 17th-century genre painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts a chaotic peasant wedding celebration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch Golden Age painting
genre painting
painting
artForm oil painting
artisticPeriod 17th century
artisticSchool Haarlem school
Delft School
surface form: Leiden school
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Jan Steen
creatorBirthName Jan Steen
surface form: Jan Havickszoon Steen
creatorNationality Dutch
culturalContext Dutch Golden Age culture
depictionStyle humorous
satirical
depicts banquet scene
chaotic interior scene
dancing figures
drinking
feasting
musicians
peasant wedding
village life
wedding celebration
genre genre art
hasSubject bride
children
groom
musicians
peasants
wedding guests
hasTheme excess
festivity
marriage
popular culture
social satire
intendedAudience urban middle class collectors
languageOfTitle English
movement Dutch Golden Age
notableFor comic details
crowded composition
lively characterization
moralizing undertone
portraysSocialClass peasants
relatedTo peasant feast paintings
wedding genre scenes
relatedWorkCreator Pieter Bruegel the Elder
usesSetting rustic environment
village interior

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Jan Steen notableWork The Village Wedding