Drei musizierende Damen

Master of the Female Half-Lengths (active 1st half of 16th century)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1520-1530

Height:

40.0 cm  (15 3/4 in.)

Width:

33.0 cm  (13 in.)

pieced out to 60 x 53cm

Technique / Medium:

oil on panel

Place of creation:

Flanders

School:

Flemish

Additional titles

Description

"Left to right it shows a singer standing in front of a leaded window, a transverse flautist seated at a table, and a standing lutenist, above and to whose right hangs an open lute case. The flautist performs from an open partbook which contains the complete text and music for the cantus of Jouissance." (Slim 1984, 51)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Transverse flute [4093] (There is a flute case located on the table)
Lute [3394] (There is a lute case hanging on the wall.)

Musical works

Sermisy, Claudin de -- Jouissance vous donneraylegible music notationRISM link 1

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Slim, H. Colin. "Paintings of lady concerts and the transmission of Jouissance vous donneray", Imago musicae 1 (1984) 51-73, fig. 1. RILM 1984-07005.

RIdIM record id

4668