Three musicians
Master of the Female Half-Lengths (active 1st half of 16th century)
Item type:paintingDate of creation:ca. 1530Height:53.0 cm (20 7/8 in.)Width:37.9 cm (14 15/16 in.)Technique / Medium:oil on panelPlace of creation:FlandersSchool:FlemishAdditional titles
Three lady musicians
Description
Three female performers: a singer holding sheet music, a seated flautist, and a standing woman playing a lute. A lute hangs on the back wall.
Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)
Transverse flute [4093] (There is a flute case on the table.)
Lute [3394] (Two lutes depicted (one being played and one hanging on the wall))
Musical works
Sermisy, Claudin de -- Jouissance vous donneray
legible music notationRISM link 1Image URLs
image link 1Bibliographic references
Slim, H. Colin. "Paintings of lady concerts and the transmission of Jouissance vous donneray", Imago musicae 1 (1984) 51-73, fig. 3. RILM 1984-7005.
Thomas, Nancy and Constantina Oldknow, eds. By judgment of the eye: The Varya and Hans Cohn Collection. Los Angeles: Hans Cohn, 1991.
RIdIM record id
4670