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A Couple Making Music

Music-making flourished within families during the 18th century. The man here evidently plays the recorder; his wife turns the corner of a page of a music book. Behind them a full bookcase can be seen behind a slightly open curtain. Besides being a sign of refinement, the making of music together can serve as an allusion to a harmonious marriage.

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Publisher

  • Rijksmuseum

Subject

  • http://iconclass.org/48C75
  • http://iconclass.org/48C74

Type of item

  • painting
  • Art of painting

Publisher

  • Rijksmuseum

Subject

  • http://iconclass.org/48C75
  • http://iconclass.org/48C74

Type of item

  • painting
  • Art of painting

Providing institution

  • Rijksmuseum

Aggregator

  • Rijksmuseum

Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)

  • http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
  • http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

User generated content

  • false

Rights

  • Public Domain
  • Publiek Domein

Creation date

  • 1743
  • 1743

Place-Time

  • second quarter 18th century

Provenance

  • …; from an unknown family, Virginia, to the dealer Weitzner;{GRI, Spec. Coll., Schaeffer Galleries Archive, acc. No. 910148, box 9, inventory cards 1000-2832, note dd. 3 August 1965.} possibly sold through the dealer Weitzner, from the dealer Appleby, $ 2,500, to the Schaeffer Galleries, New York, 1964;{GRI, Spec. Coll., Schaeffer Galleries Archive, acc. No. 910148, box 9, inventory cards 1000-2832, no. 2372.} from whom, fl. 28,883.64, to the museum, 1965

Identifier

  • http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.10106
  • SK-A-4115

Extent

  • height 49 cm
  • width 68 cm

Format

  • panel
  • oil paint (paint)

Language

  • nl

Is part of

  • collection: paintings
  • collectie: schilderijen

Year

  • 1743

Providing country

  • Netherlands

Collection name

  • 90402_M_NL_Rijksmuseum

Timestamp created

  • 2014-05-27T20:15:53.354Z

Timestamp updated

  • 2018-03-17T14:38:00.941Z