Putti die muziek maken en dansen

Rottenhammer, Hans, I (1564-1625)


Item type:
painting
Height:
23.5 cm  (9 1/4 in.)
Width:
32.5 cm  (12 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on copper
Place of creation:
München

Additional titles

Putti dancing and making music

    Item location

  • UnknownSold at Christie's London, 24.04.2009 (sale 7714, Lot 49)

Description

Two groups of putti are dancing and making music: ten in the foreground are dancing, holding each other's hands, while other four in the background are making music. Another putto is flying over the others.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]
Lute [3394]
Violin [3573]
Viola da gamba [3604]

Image URLs

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RKD record
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Christie's record

Bibliographic references

Schlichtenmaier, Harry. Studien zum Werk Hans Rottenhammers des Älteren (1564-1625): Maler und Zeichner, mit Werkkatalog (Tübingen, 1988) 419, no. K44.

Catalogue of the collection of pictures and statuary of the right honourable John Francis Granville Scrope, Earl of Ellesmere, at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square, St. James's, London (London, 1926) no. 25.

RIdIM record id

3181