THE MUSICAL SCENE
Five Centuries of Prints and Drawings of Musical Subjects
Five Centuries of Prints and Drawings of Musical Subjects
- Anon. German, Three Soldiers
- Morellon de la Cave, Vivaldi
- Bloemaert, Majus (May)
- Leonart, Johann Welter
- after Lely, Madame Mary Davis
- att. to Hogarth, Senesino...
- Faber, Mrs. Robinson
- Küsel, Ville de Paride
- Goeneutte, The Duet
- Crehen, Franz Liszt
- Rowlandson , The Welsh Bard
- Hollar, Seven Hunting Horns
- Dequevauviller, L’Assemblée
- Kostomolotsky, Shostakovich
- Solis, Triumph of Flora (Spring)
- Faithorne, Thomas Mace
- Panneels, Saint Cecilia
- Dagoty, Jean-Philippe Rameau
- van de Passe, Orpheus
- Lievens, Jacques Gaultier
- Della Bella, Selva di Diana
- Amman, Three Players
- Silvestre, Troisième Journée
- Anon. French, Nicolò Paganini
- Aroun-al-Rascid, Charpentier
- Polanzani, Masked Ball
- Hegi, Beethoven
- Anonymous, Koussevitzsky
- Kolb, Celebration Plate
- Ravenet, L’Orchestre
- de Wael, Auditus
- Dassonville, Le Concert
- Fantin-Latour, Finale
- Renouard, Dans les Coulisses
- da Trento, Saint Cecilia
- Muller, Jan Pietersz Sweelinck
- Brun, Euterpe Playing
- Sadeler, Jubal
- after Vernet, Gottschalk
- Bickham, Invitation to Mira
- Hohlenberg, Emil Telmányi
- Rops, Le Père Muck
- Bompiani, A Nun Turning
- Legrand, Teutonophonie
- Keene, The Cellist
- Crampton, The Flutist
- Bouchot, Exécution Brillante
- Kilian, The Dancing Lesson
- de Jode, Henri Liberti
- Chauveau, Timbalier et Trompette
- PRINTS AND DRAWINGS OF MUSICAL INTEREST
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3. Frederik Bloemaert (ca. 1610- ca. 1669) after Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651) Majus (May) |
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Majus (May)
From a set of the Months, etching and engraving, LeBlanc 220, Hollstein 253 ii/ii, 128 x 168 mm. Fine impression on laid paper with thread margins. The fifth month is represented by a shepherd playing the bagpipe to his female companion. Despite its more recent association with Scotland and the military, the bagpipe was an instrument of wide circulation in Europe, appearing in many forms and under many names, but always associated with bucolic scenes and the peasantry.