Cat musicians

Teniers, David, II (1610-1690) (follower or school of)


Item type:
painting
Height:
25.5 cm  (10 1/16 in.)
Width:
31.0 cm  (12 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

    Item location

  • Erddig
    National Trust[Museum inv. no.: 1151398]Gift to National Trust from Philip Yorke III along with estate and contents (1973)

Description

Cats, monkeys and fantastical animals surround an open book of music, one animal plays a shawm.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Shawm [4258] (Played by a shrew-like animal in a fool's costume)

Musical works

legible music notation
Unknown work. 5-line staves, otherwise notation not accurate.

Image URLs

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Catalogued as part of the Public Catalogue Foundation project

RIdIM record id

1616

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