Trompe l'oeil (music)

Battersby, Martin (1914 or 1920-1982)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1950-1960
Height:
179.5 cm  (70 11/16 in.)
Width:
73.0 cm  (28 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas laid on panel

    Item location

  • Mompesson House
    National Trust[Museum inv. no.: 724104.1]National Trust, Mompesson House, The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, SP1 2EL. Check availability before attempting to view panels.

Description

This painting depicts the theme of music and includes a classical portrait medallion, guitar, recorder, mask, miniature violin, butterfly, various drawings and prints, sheet music and the frontispiece to the 'Kreutzer Sonata'. One of a set of seven painted for the architect Denis Martineau.

One other with music - Drummer Boy - can be found in record 1632 on this database and at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/trompe-loeil-drummer-boy-101940

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573] (Highly stylised - neck far too long.)
Guitar [3237] (six strings)
Recorder [4039] (descant recorder)

Musical works

Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Andante con Variazioni Kreutzer Sonatalegible music notation
Gives edition as being variations on the Kreutzer by Edwin M Lott.

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

1631

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