Welcoming the military band
Andrieux, Clément-Auguste (1829-after 1880)
- Cantor Arts Center (Stanford University)
[Museum inv. no.: 1982.10]
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Description
The scene shows a French military band headed by a drum major with four musicians viewed by a small audience of peasants. The drum major is an elderly man wearing a tall shako with a red plume. His uniform is a blue coat, red vest, white pants, with a red, white and blue sash running from his right shoulder to his left side. He is saluting the audience with his right hand and holds a saber upright in his left hand. His glasses are perched on the end of his nose through which he is looking at a man in the audience. The musicians are all marching behind him in a line. Each of them is wearing a slightly different uniform with different military hats, each with a plume. From left to right they are playing a drum, an ophicleide, a serpent, and an oboe. The audience in front of the band consists of a man and two women with indistinct figures behind them. The man doffs his hat to the drum major with his right hand revealing a handkerchief covering his head. He is wearing a brown jacket with tails, a red vest, cravat, blue gloves, and white striped pants with a red, white, and blue sash across his waist. He leans on a red umbrella with his left hand.Iconclass
45C91military band
Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)
Side drum [2729] (military drum)Ophicleide [4299]
Serpent [4357]
Oboe [4232]
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