Portrait of Constantijn Huygens and his (?) clerk

Keyser, Thomas de (1596 or 1597-1667)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1627

Height:

92.4 cm  (36 3/8 in.)

Width:

69.3 cm  (27 5/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on oak

Description

Music is represented in this portrait by an extended-neck lute (archlute?) resting on a table and partially hidden behind Huygen's arm and beneath a sheet of paper.

People as subjects

Huygens, Constantijn (1596-1687) (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Archlute [3316]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Wieseman, Marjorie E. Vermeer and music: The art of love and leisure (London: National Gallery Company, 2013) 42, cat. no. 7. RILM 2013-5919.

RIdIM record id

3553