Pierson La Hues, drummer and page of the Old Archers' Guild

Coignet, Gillis I (1542-1599)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1581
Height:
170.0 cm  (66 15/16 in.)
Width:
133.0 cm  (52 3/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

    Item location

  • Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen
    [Museum inv. no.: 35]

Description

This civic drummer was attached to the Guild of the Ancient Longbow in a Flemish town. He wears the insignia of his sponsors on his chest and carries about a large side-drum, a feathered hat and some loose papers indicate his dual role as musician and messenger.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Side drum [2729]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Marsh, Christopher. "‘The pride of noise’: Drums and their repercussions in early modern England”, Early Music 39/2 (May 2011) 203–16, illus. 6. RILM 2011-02557.

RIdIM record id

4291