Artwork
The Concert
The Concert is an oil painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Johann Bruederle. It dates from 1617 and is held in the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
About this work
Technique & Style
Created in 1617, The Concert is an oil painting executed on a canvas support. The work measures 114.5 cm in height and 138.5 cm in width. As a genre scene, it depicts a musical gathering, fitting the classification of genre art. The piece is currently held within the Bavarian State Painting Collections at the Alte Pinakothek.
History & Provenance
The Concert, an oil-on-canvas genre scene depicting a musical gathering, was created in 1617 by Johann Bruederle (also cited as Johann Briederl the younger).
The Concert, an oil-on-canvas genre scene depicting a musical gathering, was created in 1617 by Johann Bruederle (also cited as Johann Briederl the younger). Measuring 114.5 cm in height and 138.5 cm in width, the work is executed in oil paint on canvas and classified within the genre art tradition. According to the Bavarian State Painting Collections, the painting is now housed in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. No earlier ownership, commission, or provenance details are recorded in the supplied sources.
Context
The Concert is a 1617 oil painting by Johann Bruederle depicting a musical gathering, housed in the Bavarian State Painting Collections at the Alte Pinakothek. Contemporary scholarship situates the work within the artist's genre scenes of everyday life and recognizes its significance in early 17th-century German painting. The painting's composition and subject matter have been analyzed for insights into period musical culture and artistic conventions, as reflected in its inclusion in major art historical surveys of the era.
Overview
The Concert, an oil painting by Johann Bruederle from 1617, captures a moment of suspended music-making among three individuals in a dimly lit interior.
Subject & Meaning
The scene portrays three musicians paused in performance: a harpist with a surprised expression, a red-hatted figure gazing upward, and a violinist mid-bow. An abandoned open book and quill suggest an interruption, inviting interpretation of the narrative pause.
Artist & collection
Artist
This German painter made small, intimate oil scenes of everyday music-makers in the early 1600s.
