Joseph Haydn

Hardy, Thomas (1757-1805)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1791

Height:

76.5 cm  (30 1/8 in.)

Width:

63.5 cm  (25 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

London (England)

Description

Composer three-quarter length portrait, with the subject seated, grasping a bound volume (possibly a score) with a leather spine; there is a drape behind the sitter to his right, and part of a keyboard instrument is visible to his left.

People as subjects

Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) (Composer portrait)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Davison, Alan. Thomas Hardy: Joseph Haydn (1791): An essay in music iconography. http://www.cph.rcm.ac.uk/Virtual%20Exhibitions/Haydn/index.htm

RIdIM record id

2376