Portrait of G. P. A. Gatayes

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Item type:
painting
Height:
80.0 cm  (31 1/2 in.)
Width:
63.0 cm  (24 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Bibliothèque Nationale de France
    Département MusiqueFonds Albert Pomme de Mirimonde. Collection de documents iconographiques. Boîte 15, Musiciens isolés (du XVIIIe au XXe siècle). I, France.

Description

Portrait of composer and guitarist G.P.A. Gatayes, who wrote several guitar methods. He is holding what appears to be a five-course guitar.

People as subjects

Gatayes, Guillaume-Pierre-Antoine (1774-1846) (Musician portrait)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237]

Image URLs

image link 1
image link 2
BnF catalogue entry

Bibliographic references

Amersfoort, Jelma van. "'The notes were not sweet till you sung them': French vocal music with guitar accompaniment, c.1800–1840", Early music 41/4 (2013) 605-619, illus. 4. RILM 2013-11597.

RIdIM record id

4577