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Fair on St Sebastian's Day
The church is surrounded by stalls, and the villagers are celebrating. Some are having a drink under the lean-to of the yellow house, while others are sitting upstairs by the open window, courting. The large pennant flapping on the flagpole depicts St Sebastian, to whom the fair is dedicated. Peasant fairs were very popular with Flemish painters. When Jacob Savery moved to Amsterdam from Flanders …
Creator
- Jacob Savery the Elder
- Jacob Savery de Oude
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1598 - 1598
- 1598/1598
- 1598/1598
Medium
- panel
Creator
- Jacob Savery the Elder
- Jacob Savery de Oude
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1598 - 1598
- 1598/1598
- 1598/1598
Medium
- panel
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Identifier
- 156
- resource_document_mauritshuis_156
Format
- 61.9 cm
- 41.2 cm
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-08-02T11:48:18.660Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-02-27T17:16:45.510Z