A musical party

Unknown (Italian)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

17th century

Height:

16.3 cm  (6 7/16 in.)

Width:

22.2 cm  (8 3/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

red chalk

Description

In this sketch, eight individuals are gathered around a spinet, making music together:
six appear to be singing (and/or conducting) while one plays an end-blown wind instrument (probably a cornetto muto) and a woman plays the spinet; suggestions of written music (illegible) are also present.

Iconclass

48C754
instrumental and vocal music together
48C755
vocal music, singing
48C7523
one person playing keyboard instrument
48C7525
one person playing wind instrument
48C7331
spinet, virginal

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Spinet [2256]
Mute cornett [3871]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6134