Concert in a salon

Unknown (French)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) (style copy of)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

18th-19th century

Height:

23.1 cm  (9 1/8 in.)

Width:

18.1 cm  (7 1/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

brown wash over black chalk and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink, laid down on tan antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper borders adhered to face

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Description

This scene of eight aristocratically-dressed individuals includes a young girl, back toward the viewer, playing a fortepiano. A knee-operated moderator is visible near the treble end of the instrument's case, directly below the girl's right hand. A book (notation not visible) is open on the instrument's music rack. Two other individuals may be preparing to sing from an open book (no notation visible). The remaining figures appear to be listening or conversing.

Iconclass

48C7523
one person playing keyboard instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pianoforte [2299] (with moderator)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5848