Egyptian musicians playing for a queen or goddess

Blondel, Merry Joseph (1781-1853)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

ca. 1814

Height:

17.8 cm  (7 in.)

Width:

26.5 cm  (10 7/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

graphite and brown wash on cream wove paper

Iconclass

48C753
more than one musician with instrument
48C732
string instruments (plucked)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Sistrum [3042]
Harp [3285] (large and small harps)
Lute [3394] (Egyptian form, perhaps imaginary)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscriptions and Marks from museum website:
Signed: in graphite at lower left: Blondel

RIdIM record id

5764