Mars surrounded by the arts and sciences

Claeissins, Anthuenis (ca. 1536-1613)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1605
Height:
197.5 cm  (77 3/4 in.)
Width:
279.0 cm  (109 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
canvas

Additional titles

Mars vanquishing ignorance

    Item location

  • Groeningemuseum
    [Museum inv. no.: inv. 680]Museum cat no. listed on card is 1963cat.65

Description

A female allegorical figure ("Music") plays a shawm

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Shawm [4258]
Lute [3394]

Musical works

illegible music notation

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The theme of music in Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) v. 2, p. 31, cat. #118, plate #XV.

RIdIM record id

436