Portrait of a family

Forni, Girolamo (active 2nd half 16th century)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
16th century
Height:
132.1 cm  (52 in.)
Width:
200.7 cm  (79 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 89.4.2742]

Description

Portrait of a family, composed of fifteen members. Three types of musical instruments are present: a harp (fifteen strings), a theorbo, a lute held by a man on the right and a lute lying on the table. A young woman is holding music (legible). According to the Metropolitan Museum website "The three figures at the lower right are by Girolamo Forni: the other figures were added later, possibly in the early 17th century."

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]
Theorbo [3473]
Lute [3394] (two lutes)

Musical works

legible music notation

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3619