Musical company in the salon

Platzer, Johann Georg (1704-1761)

Item type:

painting

Height:

41.0 cm  (16 1/8 in.)

Width:

59.0 cm  (23 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on copper

Description

Company in a salon listening to music, one of the pair of signed pendant paintings depicts a merry music-making company in a palace interior. The man seated in the foreground and playing the cello in all probability depicts the artist, who enjoyed painting himself into his compositions.

Iconclass

48C5142
picture within picture
43A2(+3)
private festivities, merry company (+ music and song ~ festive activities)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violoncello [3582]
Violin [3573]
Lute [3394]
Transverse flute [4093]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5617