Portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Bridgewater (1689-1714)

Jervas, Charles (ca. 1675-1739)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1710-1720
Height:
210.0 cm  (82 11/16 in.)
Width:
126.0 cm  (49 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Lady Mary Wortley-Montague with a clavicytherium

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI.4342]

Description

The lady stands beside the musical instrument, one hand resting lightly on the keyboard, but with no suggestion that she is going to play it. The clavicytherium acts here as a cultural prop rather than an extension of the sitter's personality, while also contributing significantly to the composition of the painting.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Clavicytherium [2244]

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) 34-35. ISBN 090316222

RIdIM record id

2581