Boerenkermis, approx. 1600. Village view with a farmers' kisser in honor of Saint Sebastiaan, ca. 1600. On the left the inn with a banner on which the Saint Sebastian. For the inn and on the village square, the villagers entertain themselves with food, drinks, kolfspell, goose signs and dancing. Also the excesses: drunkenness, surrender, stealing and fighting. In the foreground on the right a man gives a beggar an alms, links sell a kerst horse and other toys, in the background market stalls and a procession with a Mariabeeld at the village church. In the caption 2 verses of 4 rules in French
Boerenkermis, approx. 1600. Village view with a farmers' kisser in honor of Saint Sebastiaan, ca. 1600. On the left the inn with a banner on which the Saint Sebastian. For the inn and on the village square, the villagers entertain themselves with food, drinks, kolfspell, goose signs and dancing. Also the excesses: drunkenness, surrender, stealing and fighting. In the foreground on the right a man gives a beggar an alms, links sell a kerst horse and other toys, in the background market stalls and a procession with a Mariabeeld at the village church. In the caption 2 verses of 4 rules in French and Dutch, above the performance a letter of Latin.
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