Group of musicians

Benson, Ambrosius (ca. 1495-before 1550)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1545
Height:
118.0 cm  (46 7/16 in.)
Width:
132.0 cm  (52 in.)
Place of creation:
Flanders

    Item 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 1

Bibliographic 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