The Egg Dance

The Egg Dance is a 1552 oil on panel genre painting by the Dutch artist Pieter Aertsen, now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which bought it in 1839 from the collection of Colonel von Schepeler in Aachen. It depicts preparations for the Easter or carnival custom of an egg dance.

The Egg Dance
ArtistPieter Aertsen 
Year1552
Mediumoil paint
Dimensions84 cm (33 in) × 172 cm (68 in)
LocationRijksmuseum, Netherlands
Accession No.SK-A-3 
IdentifiersRKDimages ID: 6732
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