The musicians

Rombouts, Theodoor (1597-1637)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1616-1625
Height:
200.0 cm  (78 3/4 in.)
Width:
121.3 cm  (47 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Spencer Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1950.0068]

Description

One man (a minstrel) is playing guitar and singing while a woman is clapping and possibly singing (also a minstrel).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237]
Lute [3394]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The theme of music in Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) vol. 2, p. 108, cat. 471, pl. XXXV. ISBN 3873973502. RILM 1977-2183.

RIdIM record id

1355