Allegory of hearing

Unknown (Flemish)

Vos, Marten de, the elder (1532-1603) (after a work of)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

after 1581

Height:

45.7 cm  (18 in.)

Width:

152.4 cm  (60 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on cradled panel

Description

A woman tunes a lute. To her left are a viol, straight trumpet, and cornett; on the ground to her right are a lyre, cittern, a natural trumpet, and bagpipe.

Iconclass

31A32
hearing, listening (one of the five senses)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Lyre [3501]
Cittern [3106]
Bagpipe [3746]
End-blown trumpet [6556]
Cornett [3868]
Viol [3597]
Natural trumpet [4419]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 3

RIdIM record id

5379