Outdoor Wedding Party (Antwerp)
| Object type | Painting |
| Genre | Urban, Common and Peasant Life |
| Date | ca. 1595-ca. 1596 |
| Dimensions | 27.4 x 36.6 cm |
| Support | Copper |
| Medium | Oil |
| Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
| Other authorities | Ertz 1979, #28 Ertz 2008-10, #568 |
| Location | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Collection | Museum Mayer van den Bergh |
| Accession numbers | inv. #496 |
| Tags | Wedding, Peasants |
A very interesting piece because clearly a peasant genre scene done before serious engagement with his father's works. The dancers here, their clothing and even their manner of dancing, is completely unconnected to that of Pieter the Elder; whereas a year or two after this he will start working through Pieter's studio material and thereafter all his peasant festivity works will be marked by that knowledge. This all fits with the early date Ertz assigns the work, although the horse/mule at the left seems rather better than most of Jan's horses at this early date.