Two boys and a girl making music

Molenaer, Jan Miense (ca. 1610-1668)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1629

Height:

68.3 cm  (26 7/8 in.)

Width:

84.5 cm  (33 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

This scene features children making a racket on a violin and a rommelpot. A girl in the center plays a 'drum' improvised from a morion (a type of helmet common among European foot soldiers). She plays on the helmet with spoons.

Iconclass

43C7432
children playing musical instruments
48C737(HELMET)
improvised musical instruments: helmet

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Rommelpot [4688]
Drum [2585] (morion (helmet) used as a drum)

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) 46, cat. no. 11. RILM 2013-5919.

RIdIM record id

3556