Portrait of a man and his daughter

Vierpeyl, Jan Carel (1697-1723)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1721
Height:
91.2 cm  (35 15/16 in.)
Width:
82.4 cm  (32 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI.1025]

Description

A man, perhaps the philosopher Francis Hutcheson, sits while his daughter stands next to him. She appears to be gesturing toward the harpsichord in the room. The lid is open and the painting on the inside is of the Flemish and French tradition.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harpsichord [2251]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 39-40. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2872