Marriage a-la-mode: 4, The toilette

Hogarth, William (1697-1764)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1743

Height:

70.5 cm  (27 3/4 in.)

Width:

90.8 cm  (35 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Within this satirical look at a high society gathering, a group of visitors on the left listen to a male singer, possibly a castrato, accompanied by a flautist.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Transverse flute [4093]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Haward, Lawrence. Music in painting (New Delhi: Isha Books, 2013) 18, plate 8. ISBN 9789332880566.

RIdIM record id

4540