Kermesse

The chief village fête of the year, that in Holland and Belgium would be called Kermesse, in some parts of France Ducasse, is in Brittany called

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 Various

Then, lower down, "A Young Girl with a Canary," by Metzu; a "Kermesse," by Braurver, a perfect treasure, glitter, like the gems they are, in the midst of panoplies, between the high branches of palm-trees planted in enormous delft vases.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

The "Kermesse" of the Louvre and the wonderful landscapes disseminated in so many

Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915

After buying some of these for the children who stood about with watering mouths, we left the "Kermesse" and wandered away down a silent street towards a smaller tower rising from a belt of dark trees.

Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders George Wharton Edwards 1904

Upon the occasion of our visit the town was given up to the heavy and stolid festivities of the "Kermesse," which is now of interest here only to the laboring class and the small farmers of the region.

Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders George Wharton Edwards 1904

Without thinking of those great times when men lived in the giddiness and the exultation of a constant creation -- when a day was sufficient for Rubens to paint the "Kermesse" thirteen days to paint the "Mages", even or eight to paint the "Communion de St. François d'Assise" -- and blotting from our mind the fabulous production of Tintoretto and

Modern Painting 1892

Then, lower down, "A Young Girl with a Canary," by Metzu; a "Kermesse," by Braurver, a perfect treasure, glitter, like the gems they are, in the midst of panoplies, between the high branches of palm-trees planted in enormous delft vases.

Serge Panine — Complete Georges Ohnet 1883

The bottles were hastily emptied, the men stuffed themselves with whatever they were lucky enough to get hold of, and there was a free-and-easy kind of Kermesse in that huge hall which the logs in the fireplace lit up with a forge-like glow.

His Masterpiece ��mile Zola 1871

Rubens '"Kermesse" in the open air, racy and healthy, but a nocturnal boulevard-jollification, a "Mardi-gras" composed of lean and haggard scapegraces.

The French Revolution - Volume 3 Hippolyte Taine 1860

Sotheby's on Dec. 3 will offer four works by various Brueghels with the star lot "The Kermesse of Saint George" by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1637/38), a canvas with villagers in festival mood as they dance, drink and eat (estimate: £2.5 million-£3. 5 million).

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