Four quarters of the globe

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


Item type:
textile, clothing and costume
Date of creation:
1788
Height:
91.4 cm  (36 in.)
Width:
98.2 cm  (38 11/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
Place of creation:
Jouy-en-Josas

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1928.795]Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Description

A violin is included in a group of emblematic objects representing Europe.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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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) 207 da 83. RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

1755