De eierdans

Description

At right, in this brothel, a young man does an egg dance to the music of a bagpiper. While dancing, he had to roll an egg within a chalk circle – without it breaking – and to cover it with a wooden bowl. This ‘pointless’ amusement, along with the dissolute behaviour of the other figures, served as a moral warning against debauchery.

De eierdans

1552

Accession Number

N/A

Medium

N/A

Dimensions

height 84 cm x width 172 cm

Classification

Painting

Museum

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands