Het musicerende paar

Man, Cornelis de (1621-1706)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1650-1706
Height:
83.0 cm  (32 11/16 in.)
Width:
66.0 cm  (26 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

A musical couple

    Item location

  • Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
    [Museum inv. no.: SK-C-151]

Description

A woman is playing on a harpsichord, looking at the viewer, while a standing man with a cittern has his back turned to the observer. Through the mirror hung on the wall in the background he can still look directly at the viewer.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harpsichord [2251]
Cittern [3106]

RIdIM images


Rijksmuseum image

Image URLs

image link 1
Rijksmuseum record

Bibliographic references

Thiel, P.J.J. van. All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue (Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum; Maarssen: G. Schwartz, 1976) 361. ISBN: 9061790107.

Middelkoop, Norbert and Gusta Reichwein. De oude meesters van de stad Amsterdam: schilderijen tot 1800 (Bussum: THOTH; Amsterdam: Amsterdams Historisch Museum, 2008) 226. ISBN: 9789068684650.

Notes

Fake signature: P D Hoog

RIdIM record id

2911