The Peasant Dance (aka. Boerenkermis Peasant Fair) probably 1567
114 x 164 cm Oil on wood panel
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Vien), Austria

AboutThe Peasant Dance:
1.the later work of Brueghel
2.this work is associated with The Peasant Wedding
3. the depiction of peasant life /feast (cf. topics of court and divine in the painting)
4. the human "physiognomy" in the painting
5. William Carlos William wrote "The Dance" for this painting.

Questions
1. Please look at following parts of The Peasant Dance. Talk about their facial expression.



2. Please consult Brueghel`s The Peasant Wedding and The Wedding Dance. Talk about the image of peasant life in his later works.

Further reading: William Carlos William`s "The Dance"

W.H.Auden`s Musee des Beaux Arts