The wife and son of the painter

Teniers, David, II (1610-1690)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1644

Height:

18.0 cm  (7 1/16 in.)

Width:

14.0 cm  (5 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on board

Place of creation:

Flanders

School:

Flemish

Description

A young woman (the wife of the painter, Anna, son of Jan Bruegel des Velours) sitting near a table plays the lute, while her son David blows bubbles; in the room there are several stringed musical instruments lying on the floor and hanging on the wall.

People as subjects

Teniers, Anna (1620-1656) (Musician)
Teniers, David, III (1638-1685)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394] (2 lutes)
Kit [3571]
Violin [3573]
Violoncello [3582]
Guitar [3237] (2 guitars)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. Iconografia musicale nei musei torinesi (Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana (LIM), 2003) 67-68. ISBN 887096373X. RILM 2003-08617.

RIdIM record id

3135