An orchestra rehearsing

Unknown (British)

Boitard, Louis Philippe (active 1734-1760) (formerly attributed to)

Item type:

drawing

Height:

26.7 cm  (10 1/2 in.)

Width:

40.3 cm  (15 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

pen and black ink, brown wash, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper

Description

Musicians are assembled as an orchestra, some are playing instruments. A man and woman in the center foreground confer on what appears to be a score. Instruments include keyboard, violins, violas, cello, double basses, horns.

Iconclass

48C7532
small group of musicians, chamber orchestra, jazz band

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Keyboard instruments [2230]
Violin [3573]
Viola [3561]
Violoncello [3582]
Double bass [3111]
Horn [4118]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. “Men, women, and music at home: the influence of cultural values on musical life in eighteenth-century England”. Imago musicae 2 (1985) 51-133, fig. 9. RILM 1985-6899.

RIdIM record id

5113