A view of Delft, with a musical instrument seller's stall

Fabritius, Carel (1622-1654)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1652
Height:
15.5 cm  (6 1/8 in.)
Width:
31.7 cm  (12 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery (London)
    [Museum inv. no.: NG3714]

Description

This painting may originally have been part of a perspective box. At the far left is a man seated beside a table, possibly a musical instrument seller's stall; on the counter are a lute and dramatically foreshortened viola da gamba.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Viola da gamba [3604]

RIdIM images


Photo © The National Gallery, London

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Wieseman, Marjorie E. Vermeer and music: The art of love and leisure (London: National Gallery Company, 2013) 40, cat. no. 5. RILM 2013-5919.

RIdIM record id

3551