A dream of Handel's Largo

Conder, Charles (1868-1909)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1889
Height:
26.5 cm  (10 7/16 in.)
Width:
16.1 cm  (6 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on wood panel
Place of creation:
Melbourne (Australia)
School:
Heidelberg School

    Item location

  • Art Gallery of South Australia
    M J M Carter AO Collection

Description

An impressionistic painting likely representing "Largo for Organ, Harp, and Strings," the contemporary title of a work by Handel popular in Melbourne in 1888-1889 according to Teniswood-Harvey (see references). Two men are at the organ on the right side of the painting, and a line of women (including a violinist and, possibly, a harpist) is depicted on the left side.
Part of the August 1889 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Organ [2266]
Violin [3573]
Harp [3285] (possible representation)

Musical works

Händel, Georg Friedrich

Image URLs

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Museum image
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The Athenaeum online image bank. Click to enlarge

Bibliographic references

Teniswood-Harvey, Arabella. "Music and cross-cultural exchange in the art of Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and James McNeill Whistler", Music in art 38/1-2 (2013) 89-99. RILM 2013-8554.

RIdIM record id

3415