Woman at a virginal

Flinck, Govaert (1615-1660)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

17th century

Height:

28.1 cm  (11 1/16 in.)

Width:

17.6 cm  (6 15/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

black chalk on off-white antique laid paper prepared with gray wash, partial framing lines in black chalk and graphite

Description

A woman in 17th-century-style long dress with long sleeves and a triangular shawl stands facing a table-top virginal, resting her left hand on the keyboard (keys not seen). The full length of the instrument is not visible, but the keywell is clearly toward the left end of its rectangular shape.

Iconclass

48C7523
one person playing keyboard instrument
48C7331
spinet, virginal

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Virginal [2257]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5693