Joris Hoefnagel - Elegant Company in a Garden - The Phoebus Foundation

With Koen Fillet and Timothy de Paepe, director of Museum Vleeshuis.

In this episode, Timothy De Paepe peels the layers of a late sixteenth-century scene, as if it were an onion. If you look superficially, you see what the title of the work promises: elegantly dressed figures celebrating in a garden. But as the author lets you look with the eyes of a sixteenth-century man, he takes you into a world of entertainment and dance, but also of foolishness, envy and lust.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6yg4SqovhpEACF1gvEfhWF?si=e4xbHMGTQYGcVrI4OH6NWA
Elegant company gathered in a walled garden with a grand palace in the background. Figures dance and make music on the lawn while others watch beneath trees and garden pavilions. In the foreground, a variety of birds and animals are depicted in meticulous detail. Painting from the circle of Joris Hoefnagel, ca. 1570–1590.
Joris Hoefnagel, Elegant Company in a Garden, c.1570-1590

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