Saint Cecilia playing the organ surrounded by dancing putti

Vallée, Gerard de la (1596/97-1667/87)

Item type:

painting

Height:

55.0 cm  (21 5/8 in.)

Width:

72.0 cm  (28 3/8 in.)

signed low left: Ge. De Lavallée fecit

Description

Saint Cecilia playing the organ in an interior while putti are flying over her head and dancing behind her. From the wall in the background is hanging a painting with other angels making music, detail from a painting by Peter Candid ("King David's song of praise to God" c. 1590/91 Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, Inv. no. OS I-360 - see RIdIM 1916).

People as subjects

St. Cecilia (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Organ [2266]
Sackbut (trombone) [4364] (In the painting hanging in the background)
Violone [3609] (In the painting hanging in the background)
Lira da braccio [3181] (In the painting hanging in the background)
Cornett [3868] (In the painting hanging in the background)
Lute [3394] (In the painting hanging in the background)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Tableaux anciens: vente, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, salle 9, 28 juin 1996, commissaire-priseur, Me Jacques Tajan (Paris : E. Turquin, 1996) lot 34.

RIdIM record id

2977