Merrymakers in an inn

Vos, Simon de (1603-1676)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1630-1639
Height:
45.2 cm  (17 13/16 in.)
Width:
67.2 cm  (26 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on copper
Place of creation:
Antwerpen

    Item location

  • Walters Art Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: 37.1741]

Description

A party at a public inn. A woman is playing a lute, with an open music book on her lap; other individuals are socializing; visitors in carnival-like masks are visible in the doorway.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


Image courtesy The Walters Art Museum

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Vlieghe, Hans. Flemish art and architecture, 1585-1700 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998).

RIdIM record id

2383