Fête champêtre: Music

Le Bel, Jean Étienne (active 1767-1774)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
late 18th century
Height:
36.0 cm  (14 3/16 in.)
Width:
46.0 cm  (18 1/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI. 722]

Description

A large number of musicians, possibly aristocratic amateurs, are playing and singing. On the right are two violinists and on the left, in a group around a seated lady, two gentlemen sing and another plays a flute.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Flute [3955]
Violin [3573] (2 violins; both look large and could possibly be violas instead)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 16-17. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2552