The Egg Dance
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.
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The Egg Dance
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.
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At right, in this brothel, a y ...... al warning against debauchery.
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In dit bordeel doet een jongem ...... rmaning tegen zedeloos gedrag.
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Rijksmuseum
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subject
title
De eierdans
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The Egg Dance
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created
1552
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1552
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extent
drager breedte 172 cm
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drager hoogte 84 cm
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gewicht 20,5 kg
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height 84 cm
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weight 20.5 kg
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width 172 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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temporal
derde kwart 16e eeuw
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third quarter 16th century
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