Allegoria della musica

Conti, Francesco (1682-1732)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1700-1760

Height:

200.0 cm  (78 3/4 in.)

Width:

145.0 cm  (57 1/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

A woman is seated outdoors playing a lute. Above, an angel is placing a laurel wreath on her head. A second angel, on her left, points to an open score. A bearded man is seated on a tree stump in front of her, playing a wind instrument, possibly a clarinet. A bagpipe is on the ground in the lower right corner.

Iconclass

48C753
more than one musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Bagpipe [3746]
Clarinet [3836]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 2

Bibliographic references

Barbessi, Elisa. "La représentation anthropomorphique de Musique et Harmonie dans la littérature mythographique aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles", Musique, images, instruments: Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale 19 (2024) 164-177. RILM 2025-0919.

RIdIM record id

14720