Concert of muses (with Apollo)

Francken, Frans, II (1581-1642)


Item type:
painting
Height:
51.0 cm  (20 1/16 in.)
Width:
39.0 cm  (15 3/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on wood

    Item location

  • Musée des Beaux-Arts (Tournai)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1971 cat.227]

Description

Apollo playing violin with nine muses who are playing various instruments and singing.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573] (two)
Lute [3394] (two; second one not being played)
Violoncello [3582]
Cornett [3868]
Transverse flute [4093] (two)
Positive organ [2268]
Shawm [4258]
Wind instruments [3730]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. The theme of music in Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century. II (München-Salzburg: Musikverlag Emil Katzbichler, 1977) 50, cat. 207, pl. XXII.

RIdIM record id

713