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Also called 'Shroved Tuesday' or 'Dance of the fools'.
Inscription, bottom centre: Dit is den dans van Luther met zijn nonne (This is the dance of Luther with his nun)
At the lavish carnival follows the austere Lent. In this painting, this somewhat reluctantly. The antics headgear public back indicate an exuberant party mood. Fasting appears like a fish on the round table on the right. Meat was forbidden food for believers since. The sarcastic caption "This is the dance of Luther with his nonne" a swipe to the Protestant Church.
See also a similar image in the Museum Mayer van den Berg in Antwerp, at Dorotheum in Vienna (1991) and in Bern, at both Meyer as at Schneeberger (called 'Shrove Tuesday).
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History:
Before 1896 in possession of art dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris, . He sold the painting for a sum of fl. 1,455, as Flemish school, first part of the 16th century, to the museum, On loan to the Rijksmuseum Muiderslot, Muiden, 1949-1978; on loan to the Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, since 1984
Literature:
Van Bastelaer/Hulin de Loo 1907, p. 216, note 1; Glück 1932, pp. 265-66; Enklaar 1937, p. 72, note 5; De Tolnay 1937, p. 102, no. 41; Bax 1949, p. 197; Genaille 1954, p. 288 (as copy after the grisaille by Bosch in the Thyssen collection, Schloss Rohoncz); De Tolnay 1965, no. 41, p. 380; ’s-Hertogenbosch 1967, p. 139, no. 40; Arndt 1968, pp. 6-7; De Mirimonde 1971, p. 34; Unverfehrt 1980, p. 286, no. 146a.a; Zijpin in Utrecht 1983, p. 38; Vandenbroeck 1987, pp. 306-10; Bijl et al. 1989, pp. 200-01; ’s-Hertogenbosch 1992, p. 110, no. 46; coll. cat. Utrecht 2002, p. 160 (as southern Netherlands, second half 16th century); De Vrij 2012, p. 588, no. E. 55; Rotterdam 2015, pp. 68, 70-71 (as a copy after Bosch, c. 1600-20). - LiteratuurverwijzingenDe Hooiwagen van Gillis Mostaert (Henri L.M. Defoer), 2016, afb. Wit in painting, color in words : Gillis Mostaert's depictions of fires (Christine Göttler), 2014, p. 227-228, afb. 7 Textbook highlights Museum Catharijneconvent (2013) , 2013, nr. 311 Jaarverslag Museum Catharijneconvent 2010 (Nelleke de Jong-van den Berg), 2011, p. 35, afb. Calvijn en de Nederlanden (K. Apperloo-Boersma), 2009, p. 72, afb. Textbook highlights Museum Catharijneconvent (2009) , 2009 Textbook highlights Museum Catharijneconvent (2006) , 2006, p. 8 Gillis Mostaert (1528-1598) : ein Antwerpener Maler zur Zeit der Bruegel-Dynastie (Ekkehard Mai), 2005, p. 127-141 Goddelijk geschilderd : honderd meesterwerken van museum Catharijneconvent (Henri L.M. Defoer), 2003, p. 122-124, afb. De schilderijen van Museum Catharijneconvent (Jeltje Dijkstra), 2002, p. 76, afb. W.A. Wijburg: Berichten uit de hooiberg (Thera Coppens), 2001 Jheronimus Bosch : alle schilderijen en tekeningen (A.M. Koldeweij), 2001, tentoonstellingsbijlage nr. 9.10 De Opstand (J.W.G. Haverkamp), 1998, afb. 1 Willem van Oranje : een biografisch portret (A.Th. van Deursen), 1995, p. 38 All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam [1992] : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-1991 (P.J.J. van Thiel), 1992, p. 68, cat. nr. A 972 Middeleeuwse meesters op tentoonstelling en in vaste opstelling (Onno Helleman), 1990, p. 5-6, afb. Jheronimus Bosch : tussen volksleven en stadscultuur (Paul Vandenbroeck), 1987, p. 127, afb. Ketters en papen onder Filips II (Paul Dirkse), 1986, p. 136-137, afb. 63 Nieuw materiaal voor de studie van het Hooiwagen-motief (Paul Vandenbroeck), 1984, p. 41 Geloof en satire anno 1600 , 1981, p. 14-19, afb. Christelijke symboliek en iconografie [3de dr. 1978] (J.J.M. Timmers), 1978, vgl. p. 183-184, nr. 498 All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam [1976] : a completely illustrated catalogue (P.J.J. van Thiel), 1976, p. 400, cat. nr. A 972, afb. Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent , 1977 Gentsche bijdragen tot de kunstgeschiedenis , 1939-1940, p. 127 vv. Gentsche bijdragen tot de kunstgeschiedenis , 1938, p. 150 vv
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Website 'rijksmuseum.nl'
