The concert

Unknown (Italian)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

17th century

Height:

99.8 cm  (39 5/16 in.)

Width:

147.0 cm  (57 7/8 in.)

framed: 143 x 190 cm

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Emilia (Italia)

Description

Painting depicts a crowded group of musicians, mostly men and mostly singing; one man serves as conductor; a woman plays a harpsichord and a man plays an end-blown wind instrument (probably cornetto); pages of music are visible, some with legible notation.

Iconclass

48C55
vocal music, singing
48C754
instrumental and vocal music together
48C7523
one person playing keyboard instrument
48C7525
one person playing wind instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harpsichord [2251]
Cornett [3868]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5836