Gambenkonzert am Hof zu Braunschweig [at the Court of Duke August the Younger]
Freyse, Albert (died 1652)
Additional titles
Wolfenbütteler Gambensextett, um 1645
- Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum für Geschichte und Volkstum
Item location
Description
Group of musicians with a group of 20 non-performers. One woman (Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel) is playing harpsichord or spinet, two women (Clara Augusta and Maria Elisabeth) are playing tenor viola da gamba, a fourth is playing bass viola da gamba (Sybilla Ursula), one man is playing violone (Rudolf August), one man is playing tenor viola da gamba (Anton Ulrich), and a young man is playing treble viola da gamba (Ferdinand Albrecht). The painting depicts member of the family of August the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (himself sitting in the middle of the painting): His third wife Elisabeth Sophie and their children Maria Elisabeth and Ferdinand Albrecht, as well as August's children from his second marriage with Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst: Rudolf August, Anton Ulrich, Sybilla Ursula and Clara Augusta.People as subjects
August, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1579-1666) (Non-musician/dancer)Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1613-1676) (Musician)
Ferdinand Albrecht, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1636-1687) (Musician)
Maria Elisabeth, Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Coburg (1638-1687) (Musician)
Rudolf August, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1627-1704) (Musician)
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German) (Musician)
Sybilla Ursula, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1629-1671) (Musician)
Clara Augusta, Duchess of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (1632-1700) (Musician)
Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)
Harpsichord [2251]Viola da gamba [3604]
Tenor viol [3591] (three)
Treble viol [3594]
Violone [3609]
Spinet [2256]
Image URLs
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