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Fair of horses
Pieter Bout1650/1699
Musei Civici di Palazzo Farnese
Piacenza , Italy
The genre painting brightly describes a horse-fair, an important economic activity of the time. There is a typical Flemish attention to details, particularly visible in the definition of the animals, while the presence of the architectural ruins refers to the classical and Italian cultures.
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- Title: Fair of horses
- Creator: Pieter Bout
- Creator Lifespan: 1658/1719
- Creator Nationality: Belgian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Bruxelles
- Creator Birth Place: Bruxelles
- Date: 1650/1699
- Location: Italia
- Physical Dimensions: w183 x h98 cm
- Type: Painting
- Rights: http://www.palazzofarnese.piacenza.it/altre-info/foto-e-video-al-museo
- Medium: oil on canvas
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