A tavern scene

Dusart, Cornelis (1660-1704)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1692
Height:
33.5 cm  (13 3/16 in.)
Width:
38.5 cm  (15 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

A merry-making

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI. 324]

Description

The solo musician in the painting, perhaps a child or a dwarf, holds his large hurdy-gurdy under his left arm. His fingers are on the keys and he turns the handle to sound the strings with his right hand.

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) 11. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2669