Allegory: music inspiring the arts (?)

Toorop, Jan (1858-1928)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1896
Height:
16.6 cm  (6 9/16 in.)
Width:
20.5 cm  (8 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
pen and brown ink, probably iron gall

Description

Drawing contains faces, arms, and hands suggestive of a group of as many as eight muses connected to music, as represented by rays emanating from a partial circle (sun) containing the names of composers [J.S.?] Bach, Palestrina, and Cesar Franck.

Iconclass

92D417
the Muses acting together (as a group) - specific aspects, allegorical aspects, as patron of

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Artist name listed as Johannes Theodorus Toorop on museum website

RIdIM record id

6015