Singing and dancing

Boucher, François (1703-1770)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1750-1752

Height:

217.2 cm  (85 1/2 in.)

Width:

77.5 cm  (30 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Additional titles

Description

In the upper scene (singing), a girl sings, reading from a music book. In the lower scene (dancing), a girl dances and plays a tambourine.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Tambourine [2746]

Musical works

illegible music notation

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.

Notes

One of a set of panels entitled The Arts and Sciences. Each panel is divided into an upper and a lower section. Each has a separate depiction.

RIdIM record id

1659