Fête champêtre: Dance

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

Description

A hurdy-gurdy is played. An elegant couple is dancing, watched by others resting in the shade of the trees, and in the background a musician plays, only his hand turning the crank handle and part of the belly of the instrument being visible.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Hurdy-gurdy [3305]

Image URLs

image link 1

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

2566