Still life with flute, vase and Roman lamp

Harnett, William Michael (1848-1892)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1885

Height:

34.9 cm  (13 3/4 in.)

Width:

26.0 cm  (10 1/4 in.)

framed: 20 1/4 × 17 × 3 1/2 in. (51.4 × 43.2 × 8.9 cm)

Technique / Medium:

oil on wood

Iconclass

41E
still life of miscellaneous objects
48C73513
transverse flute
49M32
book
48C741
printed edition of musical score
48C74
notation of music
41B34
oil-lamp
48A9854
vase ~ ornament
49L62
ink-well
49L511
quill

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Transverse flute [4093] (probably ebony with ivory head)

Musical works

legible music notation
multiple pieces of printed music on table, including a sheet of plainchant notation and a solo flute part

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Torbert, Amy. "A meditation on love: William Michael Harnett’s 'Still Life with Flute, Vase, and Roman Lamp'", Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2012) 102, 104, 105, fig. 1, 2, 3.

RIdIM record id

6101