A gentleman holding a transverse flute

Cole, James (active 1720-1743)

Cole, John (active 1719)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1735
Height:
70.5 cm  (27 3/4 in.)
Width:
90.2 cm  (35 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
England

Description

A male figure stands in the center holding a transverse flute. In the background on the right are an open door showing a window in the next room, with a chair set in front of the door. To the male figure's left are a small table and a bookcase on the wall. On the table appear an open book, apparently of music notation, and other papers, as well as some other objects. A hunting horn hangs on the wall in the left background.

Iconclass

48C751
one person with musical instrument, not playing

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Transverse flute [4093]
Hunting horn [4138]

Image URLs

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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. 22. RILM 1985-6899.

Notes

National Trust website indicates there is an inscription: "I. Cole (as if carved onto hanging bookcase)". National Trust website also indicates that the painting is "attributed to James Cole (fl.before 1720-1744) or John Cole (fl. 1719)."

RIdIM record id

7411