Rococo panel emblematic of the arts

Unknown (French)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

17th century

Height:

23.5 cm  (9 1/4 in.)

Width:

38.0 cm  (14 15/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

carved wood panel

Description

A putto is holding a harp, shawm, recorder and trumpet (only the bell of which is visible). Another putto holds a lute, viol, shawm and curved horn.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]
Shawm [4258]
Recorder [4039]
Trumpet [4446]
Lute [3394]
Viol [3597]
Horn [4118]

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) 3 (57sc72). RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

2021