A family party

Zoffany, Johann (1733-1810) (follower or school of)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1733–1810
Height:
99.1 cm  (39 in.)
Width:
124.5 cm  (49 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
London (England)

    Item location

  • Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (Glasgow)
    Archibald McLellan Collection[Museum inv. no.: 247]This work is noted by the museum as by 'circle' of Zoffany though there is dispute as to the attribution. Item currently sited at Kelvingrove Art Gallery (March 2012)

Description

This is a family portrait but with unusual spatial issues in its composition in that the central figure - a young girl - is shown dancing but with gestures toward the keyboard to highlight that she also plays. The identity of the family is unknown, although the painting likely does represent an actual family group.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pianoforte [2299]
Transverse flute [4093]

Musical works

legible music notation

Image URLs

image link 1
Public Catalogue Foundation source on website.

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard. Music and Image (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988) 90-91.

RIdIM record id

1609