Archduchess Isabella knocking down the bird at the shooting match of the Military Guild, May 15, 1615, Brussels

Sallaert, Anthonis (ca. 1590-1657 or 1658) (workshop of)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1615-1628
Height:
180.0 cm  (70 7/8 in.)
Width:
340.0 cm  (133 7/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
Bruxelles (België)

Additional titles

L'infante Isabelle abattant l'oiseau au tir du Grand Serment, le 15 mai 1615 au Sablon à Bruxelles

    Item location

  • Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
    [Museum inv. no.: 172]

Description

Procession scene, five soldiers playing drums, two soldiers playing flutes, one man playing cornetto, one man playing sackbut, three men playing shawms, and a group of approximately 100 other people.

People as subjects

Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566-1633)

Iconclass

43C4211
shooting-the-bird (on a high pole)
47E25
festivities ~ corporative organization, guild

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Drum [2585] (Six (6) drums, all with two sticks)
Transverse flute [4093] (Two (2) flutes)
Cornett [3868]
Dulcian [3806]
Sackbut (trombone) [4364]
Shawm [4258] (Three (3) shawms)

RIdIM images


© Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

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, 127, cat. 568, pl. XLIII. ISBN 3873973502. RILM 1977-2183.

RIdIM record id

1429