A woman playing a virginal, another singing and a man playing a violin

Ochtervelt, Jacob (1634-1682)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1675-1680
Height:
84.5 cm  (33 1/4 in.)
Width:
75.0 cm  (29 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
Rotterdam

Additional titles

Two women and a man making music
Virginaal spelende vrouw, zingende vrouw en vioolspelende man in een interieur
The music party

    Item location

  • National Gallery (London)
    [Museum inv. no.: NG3864]

Description

A woman in a coiffured dress is standing, playing a virginal. To her left is another woman, seated, who is holding a book of music and singing. Seated to her left, and reading off of the same book of music, is a man playing a violin.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Virginal [2257]
Violin [3573]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


Photo © The National Gallery, London

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Kuretsky, Susan Donahue. The paintings of Jacob Ochtervelt (1634-1682) (Montclair, NJ: Allanheld & Schram, 1979) no. 94; fig. 105. ISBN 0839002408.

RIdIM record id

3360