Einweihung des Gebäudes Felix Meritis in Amsterdam (October 31, 1788)

Lelie, Adriaan de (1755-1820)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1800-1801
Height:
167.0 cm  (65 3/4 in.)
Width:
187.0 cm  (73 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Inauguration of the building Felix Meritis in Amsterdam (October 31, 1788)
Inwijding van het gebouw der Maatschappij Felix Meritis in de Muziekzaal, Amsterdam, 31 oktober 1788

    Item location

  • Amsterdams Historisch Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: SA 7362]Until 1972 at Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), inv. no. SK-C-539

Description

Near the top of the painting three music stands are depicted, one with music on it (illegible notation). Among the musicians one can see a trumpet, bassoon, and the headstock of a violin apparently being tuned.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446]
Bassoon [3795]
Violin [3573] (Headstock only is visible, apparently tuning the instrument)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Schwab, Heinrich W. Konzert: Öffentliche Musikdarbietung vom 17. bis 19. Jahrhundert. Musikgeschichte in Bildern IV/2 (Leipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1971) 75, Abb. 45. RILM 1972-1395.

RIdIM record id

2255