02 Paintings, The amorous game, Pieter Breughel the Younger’s Marriage Procession, With Footnotes #81

Flemish wedding processions, as depicted here, publically announced the union of two families before the private, religious ceremony was held at a church. The bride wears her hair down and uncovered except for the wedding headpiece. The groom, wearing a wedding crown atop his bright red cap, is followed by two men, probably the fathers of the bridal couple…

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