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.
- Rijksmuseum
- http://iconclass.org/48C75
- http://iconclass.org/48C74
- painting
- Pintura
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- false
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
- 1743
- second quarter 18th century
- …; 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
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.10106
- SK-A-4115
- height 49 cm
- width 68 cm
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
- nl
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
- 1743
- Netherlands
- 2014-05-27T20:15:53.354Z
- 2018-03-17T14:38:00.941Z