Le mariage de Figaro

Huet, Jean-Baptiste, I (1745-1811)

Naudet, Thomas Charles (1773-1810) (after a work of)

Oberkampf Manufactory (1738–1815)


Item type:
textile, clothing and costume
Date of creation:
1794-1800
Height:
76.8 cm  (30 1/4 in.)
Width:
91.0 cm  (35 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
Place of creation:
Jouy-en-Josas

Additional titles

Marriage of Figaro

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1981.52]Restricted gift of Martha Borland Willis in memory of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland.

Description

A seated shepherd plays a small conical wind instrument while his dog dances on its hind legs. Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet, French, 1745–1811, after illustrations by Charles Naudet, French, c. 1773–1810. Produced by Oberkampf Manufactory, 1738–1815, France, Jouy-en-Josas.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Wind instruments [3730]

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) 222 da 83. RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

1746