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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38. Jan Sadeler, the Elder (1550-1600) after Maerten de Vos (1532-1603) Jubal, the Maker of Musical Instruments |
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Jubal, the Maker of Musical Instruments
Engraving, 1583, from The History of the First Men (Boni et Mali Scientia), 195 x 248 mm., The Illustrated Bartsch 70-127 i/ii, Hollstein 27 i/ii, Wurzbach 8. Fine impression on laid paper, trimmed just outside the borderline and text; printer’s crease, two tiny holes, a few dots of staining and some skinning on the reverse.
Jubal is the biblical father of musicians and musical instruments. The son of Lamech and the grandson of Methuselah, he is mentioned once, early in Genesis, and never appears in scripture again. His half-brother, Tubal-Cain, the original worker in iron and brass, is sometimes credited with inventing the brass instruments.