The Putnam family

Unknown


Item type:
painting
Height:
85.0 cm  (33 7/16 in.)
Width:
105.4 cm  (41 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Privately owned"Whereabouts unknown"--Leppert's article, p. 53.

Description

A family portrait shows a woman playing a keyboard instrument on the left. Two men and three other women also appear. Two of the women, standing, hold a string of flowers, and one of them holds a bird in her right hand. A dog appears in the foreground. The background depicts the interior of a building with high ceilings, and a tall ship is visible in the background on the right.

Iconclass

48C7523
one person playing keyboard instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Keyboard instruments [2230]

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. "Men, women, and music at home: The influence of cultural values on musical life in eighteenth-century England", Imago Musicae 2 (1985) 51-133, fig. 50. RILM 1985-6899.

RIdIM record id

10875