Allegory of the vices

Thulden, Theodor van (1606-1669)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1630

Height:

74.0 cm  (29 1/8 in.)

Width:

84.0 cm  (33 1/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Additional titles

Description

In this vanitas painting a lady plays the lute. On the left, on the floor is a small cello with bow, to its right, a violin or kit on the ground. A shawm lies on the table by an open book of music. An open virginal is on the right of the picture. The case for the lute is on the floor in the left foreground. Other vanitas objects are also present (games, pipe, masks).

Iconclass

48C7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked)
11R61
person(s) sitting among objects forming a 'Vanitas' still life

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violoncello [3582]
Violin [3573]
Shawm [4258]
Lute [3394]
Virginal [2257]

Musical works

illegible music notation

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 21. ISBN 9789089645524. OCLC 861789689.

RIdIM record id

4378