The ant and the grasshopper

Vibert, Jehan Georges (1840-1902)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1875
Height:
31.6 cm  (12 7/16 in.)
Width:
41.5 cm  (16 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
watercolor, with touches of gouache, on cream wove card

Additional titles

Monk and musician

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    Clarence Buckingham Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1938.1960]

Description

Musician carrying a theorbo on his back, encounters a monk on a snow covered trail

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Theorbo [3473]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 361dr93. RILM 1988-275.

Notes

"The Ant and the Grasshopper" is the title listed in the Art Institute of Chicago catalog. "Monk and Musician" is listed as the title in Owens, Art Institute of Chicago.

RIdIM record id

1681