Portrait of a musician

Lippi, Filippino (ca. 1457-1504) (attributed to)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
late 1480s
Height:
51.0 cm  (20 1/16 in.)
Width:
36.0 cm  (14 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
tempera and oil on wood panel

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI.470]

Description

A man dressed in black is tuning a lira da braccio, while on shelves behind him lie sheets of music and other musical instruments: a lute, a second lira da braccio with its bow, and two small wind instruments, probably recorders.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181]
Lira da braccio [3181]
Lute [3394]
Recorder [4039]

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) 29. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2760