Garton Orme at the spinet

Richardson, Jonathan, the elder (1665-1745)

Kneller, Godfrey (1646-1723) (formerly attributed to)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1705-1708
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Description

A young male figure is shown sitting at a spinet as if playing it. A sword is shown along his left hip.

People as subjects

Orme, Garton (ca. 1696-1758) (Musician portrait)

Iconclass

48C7
making music; musician with instrument
43D1
handicrafts, hobbies (leisure time activities)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Spinet [2256]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. "Men, women, and music at home: the influence of cultural values on musical life in eighteenth-century England", Imago musicae 2 (1985) 51-133, fig. 19. RILM 1985-6899.

RIdIM record id

6985