The harp player

Cox, Kenyon (1856-1919)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1888
Height:
76.2 cm  (30 in.)
Width:
45.4 cm  (17 7/8 in.)
Signed and dated (lower right) KENYON COX) Signed, dated and inscribed (on reverse) THE HARP PLAYER / A SOLO / by KENYON COX / 145 W--55th St / NEW YORK- / 1888
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
New York (New York, United States)

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 12.40]Cox was a great enthusiast of operatic and classical music and he often attended concerts in the studio of his friend Augustus Saint-Gausend. It seems likely that these popular gatherings inspired the artist to undertake the painting's subject.

Description

A young woman plays an Erard double-action harp.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285] (Harp being played has been identified as an Erard double-action harp.)

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Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3187