Two boys singing, one with lute

Vaillant, Wallerant (1623-1677)

Hals, Frans (born ca. 1581-died 1666) (after a work of)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1660-1675

Height:

28.3 cm  (11 1/8 in.)

Width:

22.2 cm  (8 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

mezzotint engraving

Place of creation:

Nederland

Description

Two boys are singing looking down on a music book. The boy in the front is holding a lute with his right hand grasping the neck and with his fingers covering the strings on the fret board. His left hand is extended with an open palm. The body of the lute is resting on the music book to hold it open, and the open book is resting on top of two closed books on top of a table.

Iconclass

31D11221
boy (child between toddler and youth)
48C755
vocal music, singing

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5282