Madame Henriette de France jouant de la basse de viole

Nattier, Jean-Marc (1685-1766)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1754 or after
Height:
236.0 cm  (92 15/16 in.)
Width:
163.0 cm  (64 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons
    [Museum inv. no.: MV 4454 ; INV 6888 ; AC 3221]copy after an original held in musée de Versailles (MV 3800): see RIdIM 1534.

Description

Portrait of Madame Henriette de France (1727-1752) playing bass viol. A book of music is open on the music rack of the double manual harpsichord (illegible notation).

People as subjects

Anne Henriette de France (1727-1752) (Musician portrait)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Viol [3597] (bass viol)
Harpsichord [2251] (double manual)

Musical works

illegible music notation

Image URLs

image link 1
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Bibliographic references

Coeyman, Barbara. "Iconography of the viol: The soloist in Baroque portraits", College music symposium 20/1 (1980) 136-142. RILM 1980-135.

Martin-Mery, Gilberte. L'art et la musique: Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, 30 mai-30 septembre 1969 (Bordeaux: Delmas, 1969) 51, no. 89, pl. 47. RILM 1969-99.

Mirimonde, Albert P. de. L'iconographie musicale sous les rois Bourbons: La musique dans les arts plastiques (XVIIe–XVIIIe siècles). II (Paris: Picard, 1977) 48-50. ISBN 2708400169. RILM 1977-145.

RIdIM record id

1214