Johan van Musschenbroek and his wife

Slingeland, Pieter Cornelisz. van (1640-1691)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1685 or 1688

Height:

61.9 cm  (24 3/8 in.)

Width:

49.8 cm  (19 5/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on panel

School:

Leiden Fine Painters

Description

Description from museum website: This portrait of a prominent second-generation scientific instrument maker, Johan (or Jan) van Musschenbroek (1660-1707), and his wife is painted in the smooth, seemingly brushless technique of the Leiden ‘fine’ painters. The opulent curtain, raised as if to reveal the scene, and the arched shape of the door hark back to pictorial devices popularized by Gerrit Dou, Slingelandt’s teacher. The violin and lapdog symbolize the couple’s marital harmony as well as reflect Van Musschenbroek’s growing wealth and status in the new, rapidly growing European scientific community...Musschenbroek was a musical instrument maker in Leyden.

People as subjects

Musschenbroek, Johan Joosten van (1660-1707) (Musician portrait)
Straaten, Margaretha van (1659-1743) (Musician portrait)

Iconclass

61B
historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)
48C751
one person with musical instrument, not playing

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573] (with bow)
Bow [2207]

Musical works

legible music notation
open music books

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5873