A musical party

Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den (1621-1674)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1650s
Height:
50.8 cm  (20 in.)
Width:
62.2 cm  (24 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Description

Scene probably in a pavilion (indicated by the trees in the background and the columns); in the center a woman and a man singing from music (not legible); the woman holding the music book in her left hand and beating time with the right hand; beside the woman a seated man listening to music; beside him a dog lying on the ground, and in the background a table with music books on it (music not legible); in the far background a couple facing each other and probably talking.

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3731