Rijksmuseum

Drie muzikanten

Date

1551

Medium

paper

Culture

Germany

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Here a bourgeois, urban couple is dancing merrily. The class difference with the peasant wedding depicted in the print nearby is reflected in the musical instruments used. Both the three-stringed fiddle and the lute were previously associated with the bourgeoisie. This was also true of the krummhorn, which was often played in trio or quartet.

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