Lute-playing painter

Swieten, Jan van (ca. 1635-1661)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1655
Height:
65.2 cm  (25 11/16 in.)
Width:
53.1 cm  (20 15/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel
School:
Dutch golden age

Additional titles

Luitspelende schilder in zijn atelier

    Item location

  • Museum De Lakenhal (Leiden)
    [Museum inv. no.: S 564]

Description

Allegorical painting of a painter playing lute in his studio.

Iconclass

48C51102
painter making music, painter with musical instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Theorboed-lute (double-headed)

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 23. ISBN 9789089645524. OCLC 861789689.

RIdIM record id

4381