
The Dance of the Villagers is a 1635 painting byPeter Paul Rubens. now in thePrado Museum in Madrid. It is closely related toThe Village Fête, of a similar date and on a similar subject.
After Rubens' death,Philip IV of Spain sent his ambassador to buy paintings from the artist's estate - he bought this one for 800 florins and the king hang it in his summer dining room in the oldRoyal Alcázar of Madrid. It is now in thePrado Museum, inMadrid.
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