Sketches of a lute player and lute

Garemyn, Jan Anton (1712-1799)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1756
Height:
22.4 cm  (8 13/16 in.)
Width:
36.2 cm  (14 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
Red chalk on ivory laid paper

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1971.319]Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt and restricted gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Description

Three studies, of a seated man playing the lute (viewed from behind), of a lute and of a portion of a pegboard. Some handwriting refers mainly to the structure of the lute.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

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) 275 dr 86. RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

1711