A musical party

Horemans, Jan Josef, the elder (1682-1752) (attributed to)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

17th-18th century

Height:

62.2 cm  (24 1/2 in.)

Width:

60.0 cm  (23 5/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Nederland

Description

Scene includes six persons gathered around a table making music (one woman appears to be singing), an interior curtain on the right side of the picture separating them from a landscape scene in the background. Books (of music?) are visible, one held, others on the floor. Four musical instruments are being played: violin (or viola), bassoon, double bass, double-headed baroque lute. On the floor are two reed instruments (probably oboes) and a smaller single-head lute.

Iconclass

48C754
instrumental and vocal music together
487C31
string instruments (bowed)
48C732
string instruments (plucked)
48C73512
clarinet, bassoon, oboe, shawm
48C75
making music; musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Bassoon [3795]
Double bass [3111]
Oboe [4232]
Lute [3394]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5609