Outdoor scene of a man playing a mandolin

Unknown (French)


Item type:
furniture
Date of creation:
ca. 1700-1725
Height:
11.1 cm  (4 3/8 in.)
Width:
78.7 cm  (31 in.)
Depth:
68.6 cm  (27 in.)
Technique / Medium:
walnut covered with petit point

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1942.600]Was found in the Cleveland Museum collection online in 2012, but was not found as of April 2013 and later.

Description

On this chair, a man plays a pear-shaped instrument while a dog on a stool dances to the music.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Mandolin [3510] (Pear-shaped, 5 strings, sickle-shaped pegbox)

Bibliographic references

Duffin, Ross. The Cleveland Museum of Art. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 8. New York : Research Center for Music Iconography, 1991.

RIdIM record id

2104