Young woman with a mandolin, portrait of Louison Köhler

Bonvin, François (1817-1887)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1873-1874

Height:

54.9 cm  (21 5/8 in.)

Width:

46.0 cm  (18 1/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on fabric

Description

A seated woman plays an English guitar and sings, reading from music on a stand. Beside her is a still life setting including various books. The top book is open. The guitar has watch-key tuning and a strap, which goes unused.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

English guitar [3107] (9 strings, 6 hitchpins)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

2069