Saint Cecilia

Hofer, Franz Casppar (active 18th century)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1758
Height:
61.0 cm  (24 in.)
Width:
78.7 cm  (31 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on wood
School:
German

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889[Museum inv. no.: 89.4.3516]

Description

In this painting on a chamber organ case, Saint Cecilia is playing a chamber organ, while an angel plays string bass.

People as subjects

St. Cecilia (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Chamber organ [5769]
Double bass [3111]

Musical works

legible music notation

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Signed, dated and inscribed (on musical score): Aria ORGANA / FRANZ / CASPPAR / HOFER / InV: et pinx / A: 1758

RIdIM record id

3620