<Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna </Td> </Tr> <P> The Peasant Dance is an oil - on - panel by Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in c. 1569 . It is currently held and exhibited at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna . </P> <P> This panel, not signed nor dated, was looted by Napoleon Bonaparte and brought to Paris in 1808, being returned in 1815 . It was painted at about the same time as The Peasant Wedding, that is, circa 1567 . The sizes of the two paintings are the same and they may have been intended as a pair or as part of a series illustrating peasant life . They are the two most outstanding examples of Bruegel's late style, which is characterized by his use of monumental Italianate figures . </P> <P> Like The Peasant Wedding, it is likely that Bruegel intended this painting to have a moral sense rather than simply being an affectionate portrayal of peasant life . Gluttony, lust and anger can all be identified in the picture . The man seated next to the bagpipe player wears a peacock feather in his hat, a symbol of vanity and pride . The occasion for the peasants' revelry is a saint's day, but dancers turn their backs on the church and pay no attention whatsoever to the image of the Virgin which hangs on the tree . The prominence of the tavern makes it clear that they are preoccupied with material rather than spiritual matters . </P>

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