Pastoral scene

Berchem, Nicolaes, the elder (1620-1683) (after a work of)

Sympson, Josephus (1710-1750) (after a work of)

Craduck, Marmaduke (1660-1717) (after a work of)

Barlow, Francis (1626-1704) (after a work of)

Jones, Robert (British textile manufacturer, active 1769)

Item type:

textile, clothing and costume

Date of creation:

1761

Height:

210.9 cm  (83 1/16 in.)

Width:

133.9 cm  (52 11/16 in.)

Warp repeat: 204.1 cm

Technique / Medium:

Linen and cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed

Description

A shepherd plays a flute while a shepherdess listens, spinning.

Iconclass

47I221
herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.
48CC7351
flute, aulos, tibia - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Transverse flute [4093]

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) 6 (101da82). RILM 1988-275.

Notes

"After etchings by Nicolaes Berchem (Dutch, 1620–1683) after an engraving by Josephus Sympson (English, 1710–1750) after a painting by Marmaduke Craduck (English, 1660–1717) after a drawing by Francis Barlow (English, 1626–1702)
Manufactured by Robert Jones and Company
England, Old Ford, Middlesex" (Art Institute of Chicago catalogue record for inv. no. 1958.2).

RIdIM record id

1999