Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

Howard, Hugh (1675-1737)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1699

Height:

118.0 cm  (46 7/16 in.)

Width:

87.0 cm  (34 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Howard painted at least three similar portraits of Corelli whom he must have met while in Rome between 1697 and 1700, but this example is unique in including a surround of music and musical instruments. In the foreground lie two violins and a book of music which shows on the left the opening bars of Corelli's Trio Sonata opus 3 no. 7. The music on the right page is the opening of the second movement (Allegro) of his Sonata opus 5 no. 6 for solo violin and continuo, published in 1700.

People as subjects

Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

Musical works

Corelli, Arcangelolegible music notation

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. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2793