Market Day in Village by a River
| Object type | Painting |
| Genre | Village, Town and Cityscape |
| Date | 1611 |
| Dimensions | 41 x 61 cm |
| Support | Panel |
| Medium | Oil |
| Signature | BRUEGHEL 1611 |
| Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
| Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #131 Ertz 1979, #235 |
| Location | Bonn, Germany |
| Collection | Rheinisches Landesmuseum |
| Accession numbers | inv. #1959 |
| Tags | Market, Dog, Fish, Horse, House, Windmill, Landing stage, River, Burghers, Boat, Wagon |
The accumulation of a carts and boats marks parallel trajectories into pictorial space converging on the windmill; the cross of its sails mirroring the crossed masts of the fishing boats. The topic of the painting becomes interwoven within these compositional trajectories as traffic along roads and waterways acts as a dominant force on everyday life in rural Brabant.