Allegory of music

Boucher, François (1703-1770)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1764
Height:
16.7 cm  (6 9/16 in.)
Width:
23.0 cm  (9 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
pen and brown ink with red wash on laid paper

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Ailsa Mellon Bruce[Museum inv. no.: 1979.15.1]

Description

The figure Music holding a lyre, which a putto plays. Straight trumpet and possibly a music book (no music notation) lying on the ground.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]
End-blown trumpet [6556]

RIdIM images


Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Image URLs

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National Gallery of Art image and description

RIdIM record id

20