A musical party

Boulogne, Valentin de (1591-1632)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1626
Height:
111.8 cm  (44 in.)
Width:
146.7 cm  (57 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: AC1998.58.1]

Description

Five bourgeoisie are gathered at a table. A man plays violin and perhaps sings. Another holds a recorder, and perhaps sings. Another plays lute looking downward at a book of music. A woman plays tambourine. Finally the fifth person, a man, looks on.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Violin [3573]
Recorder [4039]
Tambourine [2746]

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RIdIM record id

1587