Four people and a performing dog

Romanino (ca. 1484 - after 1562)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1527-1532

Height:

18.2 cm  (7 3/16 in.)

Width:

16.5 cm  (6 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

red chalk on paper

Description

This sketch depicts a boy and two women (all seated, possibly singing), a man standing while playing a bowed string instrument (possibly lira da braccio), and a small dog; an open book (suggestive of a music book?) lies on the ground in front of the group.

Iconclass

34A34
training of performing dog

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181] (instrument is very roughly sketched, making definite identification impossible)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5593