A shepherd playing the flute and a singing shepherdess

Potter, Paulus (1625-1654)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1642
Height:
67.0 cm  (26 3/8 in.)
Width:
114.5 cm  (45 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

    Item location

  • Szépművészeti Múzeum
    Régi Képtár (Collection of Old Master Paintings)[Museum inv. no.: 51.2885]

Description

A shepherd is playing a recorder or other end-blown flute while a shepherdess is possibly singing.

Iconclass

47I221
herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.
48CC7525
one person playing wind instrument - CC - out of doors
48CC755
vocal music, singing - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown flute [3940]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

1300