The choristers

Magnasco, Alessandro (1667-1749)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1740-1745
Height:
68.0 cm  (26 3/4 in.)
Width:
54.5 cm  (21 7/16 in.)
framed: 91.4 x 78.1 cm (36 x 30 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1972.17.1]

Description

Five men singing from large music book, one of them beating time with rolled paper. Cello leaning against chair.

Iconclass

48C7552
choir

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violoncello [3582]

Musical works

illegible music notation
large music book

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

4061