The singing party

Mercier, Philippe (1689-1760) (attributed to)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1732-1760
Height:
73.1 cm  (28 3/4 in.)
Width:
92.1 cm  (36 1/4 in.)
framed: 92.7 x 112.1 x 6.9 cm (36 1/2 x 44 1/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1952.4.2]

Description

Four men and a boy gathered around a harpsichord: Three men and the boy sing (one of the men beats time); the other man plays a bassoon. The bassoonist and two singers read music over the harpsichordist's shoulder; the boy and one of the men have their own music books.

Iconclass

48C755
vocal music, singing

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harpsichord [2251]
Bassoon [3795]

Musical works

illegible music notation
Music books

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4024