Tag Archives: C.G. Stridbeck

BEGGARS BANQUET: FEAST OF BURDEN

Where is the bridegroom? Its always been a famous puzzle in Bruegel’s ”Peasant Wedding” . For four hundred and fifty odd years this famous painting of a rustic marriage feast has presented Bruegel’s admirer’s with the riddle of  identifying the … Continue reading

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CASE OF THE ABSENT BRIDEGROOM

The painting shows a variety of country folk celbrating a wedding by having a midday meal. Most of it is clear enough. One one level it is straightforward, amusing, sympathetic and easy to understand. For instance, right in the foreground, … Continue reading

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