Putti concert

Dolívar, Juan (1641-1701) (after a work of)

Bercy, P.J. de (17th century)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1689

Technique / Medium:

engraving

Description

Group of seven putti and an undetermined allegorical figure. The allegorical figure is holding a trumpet while one putto is playing violoncello, a second is playing chitarrone or theorbo, and a third is playing xylophone. Of the other four, one is playing harpsichord, one is playing a sort of wind instrument (possibly a recorder), another is playing timpani or kettledrums, and the last is conducting and singing.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violoncello [3582]
Theorbo [3473]
Xylophone [3099]
Kettledrum [2887]
Harpsichord [2251]
Wind instruments [3730]
Lyre [3501]
End-blown trumpet [6556] (4 trumpets)
Viol [3597]
Lute [3394]
Viol [3597]
Arpanetta [3615]

Bibliographic references

Mirimonde, Albert P. de. L'iconographie musicale sous les rois Bourbons: La musique dans les arts plastique (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles). I (Paris: Picard, 1975) 136-37, plate LI, no. 101. RILM 1976-8564.

Desnoiresterres, Gustave Le Brisoys. La musique française au XVIIIe siècle: Gluck et Piccinni (1774-1800) (Paris, 1872; repr. Genève: Slatkine, 1971). RILM 1971-2301.

Notes

frontispiece for: Basses continues des pièces à une ou deux violes composées par M. Marais (1689)

RIdIM record id

627