Music

Boucher, François (1703-1770) (style copy of)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

18th century

Height:

91.8 cm  (36 1/8 in.)

Width:

121.9 cm  (48 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Four cherubs languish on a bed of clouds as they engage in various music making activities. Two cherubs are playing instruments, one from a bound volume of music, while another cherub appears to be editing a separate volume of music with a quill pen.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown flute [3940] (small treble size)
End-blown trumpet [6556] (small size)

Musical works

legible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3642