Inaugural celebration of Charles II, King of Spain, as Count of Flanders at Ghent, May 2, 1666

Duchatel, François (born 1616 or 1625, died 1679 or 1694)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1668
Height:
335.0 cm  (131 7/8 in.)
Width:
535.0 cm  (210 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Inhuldiging van Karel II als Graaf van Vlaanderen in Gent in 1666

    Item location

  • Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Gent)
    [Museum inv. no.: WS-11 (repository: Bijloke Museum)]

Description

Group of seven men playing folded trumpets and three men playing kettledrums.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446] (Seven folded trumpets (one possibly being held rather than played))
Kettledrum [2887] (There are six kettledrums played by three men (with probably two sticks each).)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The theme of music in Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) v. 2, p. 44, cat. 179, pl. CVII.

RIdIM record id

647