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Alternative names	Pieter Aertsz., Pieter Aertszen, Pieter Aertszone, Lange Pier, Pietro Lungo
Description	Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death	1508	3 June 1575
Location of birth/death	Amsterdam	Amsterdam
Work location	Antwerp (1535–1556), Amsterdam (1556–1575)
Authority file	: Q326548 VIAF: 95853668 ISNI: 0000000117767046 ULAN: 500027884 LCCN: nr89016855 NLA: 36094802 WorldCat

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Description

English: Peasants by the Hearth

Date

1560

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 142.3 cm (56 in); width: 198 cm (77.9 in)

Collection

Museum Mayer van den Bergh

	Native name	Museum Mayer van den Bergh
	Location	Antwerp
	Coordinates	51° 12′ 55.86″ N, 4° 24′ 19.14″ E
	Established	17 December 1904
	Authority file	: Q1699233 VIAF: 157074087 ISNI: 0000000121929677 LCCN: n50051108 GND: 1019182-3 NKC: kn20101119002 WorldCat

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AERTSEN, Pieter

(b. 1508, Amsterdam, d. 1575, Amsterdam)

Peasants by the Hearth 1560s Oil on wood, 142,3 x 198 cm Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Pieter Aertsen was a Dutch painter who had a workshop in Antwerp for several years. He painted altarpieces, but also peasant scenes with a moralizing undertone and kitchen still-lifes with religious themes in the background. He continued this work following his return to Amsterdam in around 1557, concentrating henceforth more on the latter genre. This painting may have been produced during his Amsterdam period.

The subject of the work has long been debated, although we can be sure it is not simply a peasant scene. it was once believed to be a portrait of the artist's family, but that hypothesis was rejected some time ago. The scene has all the elements of a rural booze-up. Much drink is being consumed, sausages grilled and bacon fried. There are festive biscuits on the table and a tray of waffles. Crowns like the one worn by the boy were used on the Feast of Epiphany, but also during other winter festivities, including Shrove Tuesday. Neither holiday is being celebrated here, however. The bird-cage next to the door on the left tells us that the scene is taking place in a house of ill repute, such as a tavern or brothel. Other elements combine to suggest the latter - the way the young man places his arm around the girl's waist, the copious eating and drinking, the aggression symbolized by the man with the two weapons, and the foolishness reflected by the king's crown. Like many of Aertsen's paintings, this work has both a moralizing and admonitory content, revealed by the presence of three men of different ages, each symbolizing a generation, around one woman.

There is some remarkable innovation in this painting. The figures in the foreground are shown full-length in the middle of the small space, which, together with the monumental format, testifies to the emancipation of non-religious themes in painting around this period.

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Author: AERTSEN, Pieter Title: Peasants by the Hearth Time-line: 1501-1550 School: Flemish Form: painting

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