Music by moonlight

Sandby, Paul (1731-1809)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1782 or 1788

Height:

28.9 cm  (11 3/8 in.)

Width:

34.6 cm  (13 5/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

watercolor, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Description

An idealized moonlit landscape with four figures on a riverbank; one woman sings, one woman plays a lute, a man plays a recorder or other end-blown flute, and a boy sits facing the water.

Iconclass

25HH217
river bank - HH - ideal landscapes
24B6
moonlight
48CC752
more than one musician with instrument - CC - 'concert champêtre'
48CC754
instrumental and vocal music together - CC - out of doors
48CC75512
female singer - CC - out of doors
48CC7323
lute - CC - out of doors
48CC73511
recorder (musical instrument) - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
End-blown flute [3940] (possibly recorder)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "D3158"; Paul Mellon collector's mark

RIdIM record id

6322