Singerie: the dance

Huet, Christophe (1700-1759)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1739
Height:
92.1 cm  (36 1/4 in.)
Width:
144.4 cm  (56 7/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Gift of George D. Widener and Eleanor Widener Dixon[Museum inv. no.: 1957.7.2]

Description

2 apes playing oboe and violin; another two dancing.

Iconclass

29A
animals acting as human beings

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Oboe [4232]
Violin [3573]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

153