Music

Pencz, Georg (ca. 1500-1550)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
ca. 1541
Height:
7.5 cm  (2 15/16 in.)
Width:
5.1 cm  (2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
engraving

    Item location

  • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
    [Museum inv. no.: 1963.30.760]

Description

A seated young woman plays a small organ as the bellows are operated by a cherub. A variety of other musical instruments are scattered around her feet.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Portative organ [2267] (portative organetto with pipes that seem to be reversed (largest on the right instead of the left))
Treble viol [3594]
Recorder [4039]

RIdIM images


Image from www.famsf.org

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3640