John Gurney Jr., the little flute player

Opie, John (1761-1807)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

late 18th century

Height:

74.9 cm  (29 1/2 in.)

Width:

56.8 cm  (22 3/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Portrait of boy in aristocratic clothing and cap, seated outdoors, holding a wooden transverse flute; a book and a rolled piece of music are beside him.

People as subjects

Gurney, John, Jr. (late 18th-early 19th century) (Musician portrait)

Iconclass

31D11221
boy (child between toddler and youth)
48CC751
one person with wind instrument, not playing - CC - out of doors
48CC73513
transverse flute - CC - out of doors
48C723
portrait of a musician
43C7432
children playing musical instruments

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Transverse flute [4093]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6064