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Harnett, William Michael (1848-1892)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1878

Height:

61.0 cm  (24 in.)

Width:

81.6 cm  (32 1/8 in.)

framed size: 79.37 x 99.69 cm

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Still life featuring a flute (in two pieces) near a pile of books (one of which is Cervantes' Don Quixote), and lying atop a page of sheet music based on phrases from Verdi's La Traviata (“Parigi, o cara” duet).

Iconclass

41E2
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Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Flute [3955]

Musical works

Verdi, Giuseppe -- La Traviatalegible music notation
One page from flute part. Most likely from a Fantasy based on themes from the opera.

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5395