Musicians

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574)


Item type:
mural
Date of creation:
ca. 1545
Height:
105.5 cm  (41 9/16 in.)
Width:
167.0 cm  (65 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
fresco
Place of creation:
Napoli

    Item location

  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: P22e1]

Description

Five musicians appear to be serenading a gathering from an upper balcony. Their instruments and sheets of music protrude over the ledge and cast shadows on the tromp l'oeil architecture.

Iconclass

41A38
balcony
48C753
more than one musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Cornett [3868]
Sackbut (trombone) [4364]

Musical works

legible music notation

RIdIM images


Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5179