Group of musicians
Benson, Ambrosius (ca. 1495-before 1550)
Item type:paintingDate of creation:1545Height:118.0 cm (46 7/16 in.)Width:132.0 cm (52 in.)Place of creation:FlandersItem location
- Museo di Castelvecchio
[Museum inv. no.: no. 486]
Description
One of four Benson versions of this scene a male holds a transverse flute and a female plays a four-stringed fiddle; two non-performers are present
Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)
Transverse flute [4093]
Fiddle [3142]
Image URLs
image link 1Bibliographic references
Marlier, Georges. Ambrosius Benson et la peinture à Bruges au temps de Charles-Quint (Damme, Musée van Maerlant, 1957) 239-40.
Mirimonde, Albert P. de. "La Musique chez les peintres de la fin de l'ancienne ecole de Bruges," Jaarboek 1976, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten-Antwerpen, 25-82. RILM 1976-2202.
RIdIM record id
281