Family of musicians

Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst (1712-1774)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1756
Height:
9.5 cm  (3 3/4 in.)
Width:
15.2 cm  (6 in.)
Plate: 3 3/4 x 6 inches (9.5 x 15.2 cm) Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 15/16 inches (37.5 x 27.8 cm)
Technique / Medium:
etching and drypoint
Place of creation:
Dresden

    Item location

  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1985-52-9840b]"Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts"

Description

A group of four men and three children are singing and playing instruments (violin, bagpipe and a small flared wind instrument--perhaps a shawm).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Bagpipe [3746]
Wind instruments [3730]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


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Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3357