The trumpeter

Mieris, Willem van (1662-1747)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1708
Height:
27.0 cm  (10 5/8 in.)
Width:
23.0 cm  (9 1/16 in.)
Signed and dated on the left: W. van Mieris Fecit. Anno 1708
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel
Place of creation:
Leiden
School:
Leiden Fine Painters

    Item location

  • Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal
    [Museum inv. no.: 1201]

Description

A seated man holds a trumpet in his left hand and a jug in the other, perhaps containing beer.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Natural trumpet [4419]

Image URLs

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RKD record

Bibliographic references

Sluijter, Eric Jan, Marlies Enklaar and Paul Nieuwenhuizen. Leidse fijnschilders: van Gerrit Dou tot Frans van Mieris de Jonge 1630-1760, (Zwolle: Waanders; Leiden: Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, 1988) 155-156, cat. 38. ISBN: 9066301414.

RIdIM record id

2922