Woman with theorbo, vanitas

Duck, Jacob (ca. 1600-1667)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1620-1667
Height:
30.0 cm  (11 13/16 in.)
Width:
25.0 cm  (9 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

    Item location

  • Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
    [Museum inv. no.: 60.189]

Description

Woman playing on a double-headed "theorbo-lute" in front of a table with an old lady beside her pointing at the mirror. Several objects related to the theme of the vanitas are on display on the table: a skull, an hourglass, some jewellery and books.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394] (double-headed "theorbo-lute")

RIdIM images


Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

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Bibliographic references

Miller, Dwight C. Catalogue of European paintings, Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indianapolis: Museum of Art, 1970) 105-107.

Janson, Anthony F. and A. Ian Fraser. 100 masterpieces of painting, Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indianapolis: Museum of Art, 1980) 112 with plate. ISBN 0936260017.

Sluijter, E.J. "Een stuck waerin een jufr. voor de spiegel van Gerrit Douw", Antiek 23/2 (1988) 157, fig. 14.

Salomon, Nanette. Jacob Duck and the gentrification of Dutch genre painting (Doornspijk: DAVACO, 1998) 143, n. 8, fig. 92. ISBN: 9070288567.

RIdIM record id

2932