Pieter Bruegel the Elder was famous for painting scenes from peasant life and here he depicts a wedding feast that would have followed a Church wedding ceremony. The barn setting provides ample space for the makeshift banquet. Approximately twenty guests are gathered at the table, while others crowd about the entrance at the far left, probably due to the laws that were passed limiting the number of participants. The time is early autumn, as indicated by the sheaves of wheat hanging on the wall. Wedding Feast exhibits a sophisticated composition, in which the diagonal arrangement of the table draws leads the eye across the entire painting and interior of the barn. This detail highlights some interesting details from the celebration. The bride sits at the table underneath a green blanket, meant to serve as a cloth of honor, and wears a peppermint crown made out of paper to indicate her status as queen of the day. She is flanked by her parents on the right and her new in-laws on th ; 44 7/8 x 64 1/8 in.