Caricature of Sir Thomas Kennedy, James Caulfield, Viscount Charlemont, the Hon. John Ward and Richard Phelps

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1751
Height:
63.0 cm  (24 13/16 in.)
Width:
52.0 cm  (20 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI. 737]

Description

Three gentlemen play flute, recorder, and cello, while a fourth looks on. The combination of instruments provides a typical group for baroque trio sonatas, but without the harpsichord, the two upper instruments, here flute and recorder, and the bass line played by the cello, forming a musical whole in the trio sonata.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Flute [3955]
Recorder [4039]
Violoncello [3582]

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) 37-38. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2592