The Wine Of Saint Martins Day, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1566

The whole population traditionally celebrates st. Martin's day with a goose dinner, but here the festival coincides with the grape harvest, and the extent of excessive consumption becomes apparent here. The painter depicts the festival in numerous scenes and embellishes individual episodes in detail. Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: 1566. Dimensions: height: 148 cm (58.2 in) ; width: 270.5 cm (106.4 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo del Prado. Brueghel The Wine Of Saint Martins Day Private Collection Madrid