Les cinq sens ou les quatre éléments

Linard, Jacques (1597-1645)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1627

Height:

105.0 cm  (41 5/16 in.)

Width:

153.0 cm  (60 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

A collection of objects representing the five senses and four elements are displayed on a table and cabinet. A lute and flageolet represent the sense of "hearing." A music book is shown laid open beside the instruments.

Iconclass

31A3
the (five) senses
21
the four elements, and ether, the fifth element
48C73
musical instruments; group of musical instruments

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Flageolet [3946]
Lute [3394]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Lallement, Nicole. "Inventaire des tableaux à sujets musicaux du musée du Louvre. II: La peinture française des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 1. tableaux conservés au musée", Musique, images, instruments: Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale 3 (1997) 200, no. 78.

RIdIM record id

2460