Three lady musicians

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


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1500-1550
Height:
47.0 cm  (18 1/2 in.)
Width:
37.0 cm  (14 9/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel
Place of creation:
Flanders
School:
Flemish

    Item location

  • Private collection, BrazilLocation last confirmed in 1984.

Description

Three female performers, a singer holding sheet music, a seated flautist, and a standing woman playing a lute.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Transverse flute [4093] (There is a flute case 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

image link 1
This pre-restoration image in the RKD database includes a painted over collar on the lutenist. See Slim 1984 for an image of the restored version.

Bibliographic references

Slim, H. Colin. "Paintings of lady concerts and the transmission of Jouissance vous donneray", Imago musicae 1 (1984) 51-73, fig. 4. RILM 1984-07005.

RIdIM record id

4669