Attributes of music

Bonvin, François (1817-1887)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1863

Height:

62.6 cm  (24 5/8 in.)

Width:

116.0 cm  (45 11/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on fabric

Description

From the Cleveland Museum website: "A lute and flute rest on top of sheet music. This painting was intended to hang above a door, opposite still lifes that represented the other fine arts of painting and sculpture (the two related paintings are in the Musée du Louvre, Paris). Bonvin was part of the 19th-century movement known as Realism. Led by Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), the Realist painters were interested in depicting the world that surrounded them, as well as the popular culture of their time."

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

English guitar [3107] (There are nine visible strings and six hitchpins with the treble pin larger than the rest. The tuning mechanism is watch-key.)
Transverse flute [4093] (18th century style with six finger holes and only one key; the key is between the last two fingerholes.)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

2068