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Almeida Júnior, José Ferraz de (1850-1899)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1882
Height:
98.0 cm  (38 9/16 in.)
Width:
131.0 cm  (51 9/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)

Additional titles

The model's rest

    Item location

  • Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (Rio de Janeiro)

Description

A model with her naked back is seated at a piano with her hands on the keyboard. Her face is turned to the painter seated in front of his canvas and looking back at her while smoking. Over the piano there is a mandolin and several music scores. An oboe, a transverse flute and a tambourine are hanging on the front wall above the piano.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Upright pianoforte [2311]
Transverse flute [4093]
Oboe [4232]
Tambourine [2746]
Mandolin [3510]

Musical works

illegible music notation

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3246