La serinette

Chardin, Jean-Siméon (1699-1779)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1753
Height:
50.8 cm  (20 in.)
Width:
43.2 cm  (17 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Lady with a bird organ

    Item location

  • Frick Collection
    [Museum inv. no.: 1926.1.22]

Description

A woman, looking toward a caged bird, plays a bird organ (serinette).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Barrel organ [4485] (serinette type)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Paintings in The Frick Collection: French, Italian and Spanish (New York: The Frick Collection, 1968) vol. 2.

Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996).

RIdIM record id

1654