A woman playing a lute

Mieris, Frans van (1635-1681)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1663
Height:
33.7 cm  (13 1/4 in.)
Width:
29.2 cm  (11 1/2 in.)
framed dimensions
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

    Item location

  • Scottish National Gallery
    [Museum inv. no.: NG 2795]

Description

From the museum website: Van Mieris trained with Gerrit Dou and became one of the best known Dutch fijnschilders (fine painters), who were famous for their meticulous and highly finished style. He faithfully depicted a specific type of lute, popular in the Netherlands and the British Isles in the second half of the seventeenth century, and the correct position of the fingers playing. It has not been possible yet to identify the music on the song sheet.

Iconclass

48C7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394] (with double-neck extension for bass strings)

Musical works

legible music notation
open music book

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5758