Vanitas

Matham, Theodor (born 1605 or 1606, died 1676)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1622

Technique / Medium:

engraving

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Viol [3597] (possibly tenor viol?)
Lute [3394]
Cittern [3106]
Transverse flute [4093] (at bottom right of viol)
Shawm [4258]

Musical works

Ban, Joan Albert -- Omnia sunt hominumlegible music notation

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Fischer, Pieter. Music in paintings of the low countries in the 16th and 17th Centuries (Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 1975) 87. RILM 1977-2179.

Hollstein, F W H, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (Amsterdam, 1955) vol. XI, n. 36, p. 253

Notes

Fischer identified this work as the first musical "Vanitas" (p. 86).

RIdIM record id

1112