Sérénade sur la terrasse du Château d'Arenenberg

Scheffer, Ary (1795-1858)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1835

Height:

24.5 cm  (9 5/8 in.)

Width:

32.5 cm  (12 13/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Arenenberg

Description

The painting depicts a group of people (among them Hortense de Beauharnais seated at the left), gathered for a serenade outside the park of Arenenberg Castle in Switzerland, the home of Hortense from 1817 until her death. A woman is playing harp, and a man is singing.

People as subjects

Beauharnais, Hortense de (1783–1837) (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Baldassarre, Antonio. "Music, Painting and Domestic Life: Hortense de Beauharnais in Arenenberg", Music in Art 23/1-2 (1998) 49-61. RILM 1998-4754.

Mathis, Hans-Peter, ed. Arenenberg der Dichter und Maler
(Arenenberg: Napoleon-Museum Arenenberg, 1995).

Mathis, Hans-Peter, ed. La reine Hortense, une femme artiste (Arenenberg: Napoleon-Museum Arenenberg, 1993).

RIdIM record id

1555