Musical instruments and sculpture in a classical interior

Unknown (Italian)

Bettera, Bartolomeo (1639-ca.1688) (formerly attributed to)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

17th century

Height:

96.5 cm  (38 in.)

Width:

131.7 cm  (51 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Instruments included within this classically-styled interior scene are a guitar and a violin (with bow); an open music book and several loose leaves with musical notation are also visible.

Iconclass

48C5142
picture within picture
41E1
still life of related objects
41E2
'trompe l'oeil'

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237] (5-courses, Italian design, with strap)
Violin [3573] (with bow)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5867