Zwei Musiker

Leyster, Judith (1609-1660)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1630

Height:

28.0 cm  (11 in.)

Width:

23.5 cm  (9 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on wood

Additional titles

Description

A standing musician (in back profile) is playing a flute (partially visible) and a musician seated at a table is playing a violin. On the table are lying another violin and a lute. The music’s ephemeral nature and the skull on the table refer to a Vanitas narrative.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Lute [3394]
Flute [3955]

RIdIM images

Bibliographic references

Müller, Rahel, "Karriere vor der Ehe", in: Geniale Frauen: Künstlerinnen und ihre Weggefährten, ed by Katrin Dybella, Bodo Brinkmann, and Ariane Mensger. Bucerius Kunst Forum Hamburg, 14.10.2023-28.01.2024 and Kunstmuseum Basel, 02.03.-30.06.2024 (Munich: Hirmer, 2023) 113-134, especially 116-124.

Welu, James A., and Biesboer, Pieter (eds.), Judith Leyster: A Dutch Master and Her World (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1993).

Hofrichter, Frima Fox, Judith Leyster: A Woman Painter in Holland's Golden Age (Doornspijk: Davaco, 1989).

RIdIM record id

9870