A woman singing and a man with a cittern

Schalcken, Godfried (1643-1706)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1665-1670
Height:
26.6 cm  (10 1/2 in.)
Width:
20.4 cm  (8 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on oak

    Item location

  • National Gallery (London)
    [Museum inv. no.: NG998]

Description

A man tunes his cittern, holding a plectrum between his thumb and forefinger as he adjusts the tuning peg. On the table before him is a music book. His female companion holds an open music book on her lap; her right hand is upraised and her mouth open as if singing.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Cittern [3106]

Musical works

illegible music notation

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) 53, cat. no. 15. RILM 2013-5919.

RIdIM record id

3558