A cabaret scene in Damascus

Marchand, Jean Hippolyte (1882-1941)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1936-1937
Height:
73.0 cm  (28 3/4 in.)
Width:
92.0 cm  (36 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI. 1260]

Description

An exotic musical group accompanies a sword swallower using six large frame drums.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Frame drum [2598]

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) 12. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2676