A woman seated at a table and a man tuning a violin

Metsu, Gabriel (1629-1667)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1658

Height:

43.0 cm  (16 15/16 in.)

Width:

37.5 cm  (14 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

A woman is holding an unidentified page of music. Her companion is tuning his violin with his left hand, while holding his bow in his right. On the table is a viola da gamba, and another unidentified sheet of music. A carved figure of Atlas stands beside the fireplace.

Iconclass

91B136
(story of) Atlas

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Viola da gamba [3604] (Laying on a table)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3359