Self portrait with lute

Molenaer, Jan Miense (ca. 1610-1668)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1637
Height:
38.7 cm  (15 1/4 in.)
Width:
32.4 cm  (12 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel
School:
Dutch golden age

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 2015.20.1]

Description

Self portrait of Jan Miense Molenaer tuning ten course lute.

People as subjects

Molenaer, Jan Miense (ca. 1610-1668) (Musician)

Iconclass

48C513
portrait, self-portrait of painter

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Burgers, Jan W.J. The lute in the Dutch Golden Age: Musical culture in the Netherlands 1580-1670 (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2013) plate 5. ISBN 9789089645524. OCLC 861789689.

RIdIM record id

4374