Dressoir: Musicians

Sambin, Hugues (ca. 1520-1601)

Item type:

furniture

Date of creation:

mid-16th century

Height:

151.5 cm  (59 5/8 in.)

Width:

129.5 cm  (51 in.)

Depth:

49.0 cm  (19 5/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

walnut

Description

Left door: The central figure is a seated woman playing a lute between two putti, both playing an instrument. Unplayed instruments appear lying on the ground at the woman's feet; additional unplayed instruments appear behind each putto. The first putto (upper left corner) plays a mandolin. Behind him appear the neck of a lute, the end of an unidentified wind instrument, part of an s-shaped trumpet, the body of a violin, the top of a recorder, and the neck of a violin. The putto in the upper right plays a small harp. Behind him appear the bell and curved body portion of an s-shaped trumpet, a rebec, a violin (body and most of fingerboard), the top of two recorders, and the end of an unidentified wind instrument. Unplayed instruments at the base of the door are (from left): a curved horn, cittern, and part of an s-shaped trumpet.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394] (8 courses)
Mandolin [3510] (rear view: fingerboard and 7 ribs of back visible)
Trumpet [4446] (s-shaped)
Violin [3573] (4 strings, f-holes)
Recorder [4039]
Rebec [3202]
Horn [4118] (curved, 5 fingerholes)
Cittern [3106] (8 strings)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

2168