Genre
Music & Musicians
Music gives painting a silent sound. The lutenist, the singing group, and the concert have served since the Renaissance as scenes of harmony and, often, of courtship, and the instruments themselves, carefully rendered, let a painter show both craft and the suggestion of a tune we cannot hear.
Key artists
Works
The Musicians
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Vanitas Still Life with the Spinario
Virgin and Child with Four Angels
Saint Cecilia and an Angel
The Dissolute Household
Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara
The Cathedrals of Wall Street
Self-Portrait as a Lute Player
Virgin and Child in an Apse
A Musical Party
Woman with a Lute
Madonna and Child with Angels
Allegory of Music
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Woman with Cat
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明 佚名 琴鶴圖 軸|Playing the zither for a crane
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Madonna and Child with Angels
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A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier
Tavern Scene
Concert Champêtre
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Ascagnes and Lucelle (The Music Lesson)
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Sentimental Conversation
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The Greek Lovers
A Musician and His Daughter
雪兎図|Painting the Eyes on a Snow Rabbit
Saint Mary Magdalen Holding a Crucifix; (reverse) The Flagellation
Engaged cassetta frame on a polyptych panel
Saint Anne Enthroned with the Virgin and Child
Portrait of Lucas van Uffel (died 1637)
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Interior
Allegory of Sacred and Profane Love
The Circus Parade
Portrait of a Family
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Death of Euridice
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Boy with a Lute
The Coronation of the Virgin
Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)
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A Musical Gathering at the Court of the Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria
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南宋/元 顏庚 鍾馗嫁妹圖 卷|The Demon Queller Zhong Kui Giving His Sister Away in Marriage
작자미상 범천왕을 중심으로 한 신중도 조선|作者未詳 神衆圖 朝鮮|Brahma with Attendants and Musicians
Joseph and Karl August von Klein
The Lute Player
Three Musicians
Harem Scene
娘義太夫|Female Chanter for Jōruri Puppet Theater
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Soldier Playing the Theorbo
Allegory of Lyric Poetry
Portrait of a Girl
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狩野元信周辺 伯牙鍾子期図|Bo Ya Plays the Qin as Zhong Ziqi Listens
Violin and Bow
Tavern interior with dancing peasants,
Vanitas Still Life with a Candlestick, Musical Instruments, Dutch Books, a Writing Set, an Astrological and a Terrestial Globe and an Hourglass, All on a Draped Table
Brothel Scene
The Sciences and Arts
David
Seated Musician
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The Four Deities of Mount Kōya
Angel Playing Instrument
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Border Fragment with Musical Angel
Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass
The Lute Player
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Vanitas still life
The Garden of Love
Still Life with Books
Boy with Violin
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明 佚名 蘇蕙璇璣圖 卷|Lady Su Hui and Her Verse Puzzle
The Glorification of the Giustiniani Family
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The Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia
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Calliope
蹄斎北馬筆 三味線持つ美人図|Female Entertainer with Shamisen
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Adoration of the Shepherds
Allegory of Vanity (Vanitas)
Still Life with Books
Penitent Magdalen
Mars, surrounded by the Arts and Sciences, conquers Ignorance
Danae
Portrait of the artist with his family
The Coronation of the Virgin
Emblem of Death
Trompe l'oeil with Violin, Music Book and Recorder
Penitents in the Lower Basilica of Assisi
Musician Angels Appear to Saint Hugo of Lincoln
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Music-making Angels
The Old Cremona
The Village Inn
Amor Vincit Omnia
Interior of an inn with dancing peasants
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette of Austria
The Nativity
Young Woman with a Candlestick, Old Woman and a Violin Player
The foolish virgins and the wise virgins
Landscape with an architectural view surrounded by trompe-l’oeil elements symbolising the Arts
Peasants in an inn
A musician as Orpheus, possibly a Self-portrait
Tuning the lute
Francesca da Rimini
Saint Francis comforted by a Angel
Harmony (The Three Graces)
Country Wedding
La Asunción y Coronación de la Virgen
Saint Cecilia
St. Vincent, deacon and martyr, with a donor
Rustic Concert
Young man tuning his violin
Painter in his Studio
Boy playing a violin
Lute Player
A Cavalier at His Dressing Table
A merry group behind a balustrade with a violin and a lute player
Landscape with an Architectural View
The Fountain of Life
Faraj
Ettore Pinelli, the Violinist
The Assumption of the Virgin
The Adoration of the Magi
The Annunciation
Lazarus and Dives
Still Life with Books and Musical Instruments
Board Partition with Musical Instruments. Trompe l'oeil
Marie-Adélaïde of France, known as Madame Adélaïde
The Luteplayer
The Assumption of the Virgin
Inválido del arte
Paisaje con barcos, pescadores y la Huida a Egipto
Act of Devotion by Rudolf I of Habsburg
A Violinist and a Flutist Playing Music together (The Musicians)
Rural Musicians
Portrait of a Lady Playing a Lute
Anne-Henriette de France
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The Lute Player (facing left)
Interior with a Violin
The Music Lesson
Still Life with a Violin
Orchestra Musicians
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The Young Violin Player
The Violin Player
A Couple in an Interior
Marriage Contract and Country Dancing
Visión de San Francisco de Asís
Vieja con una sonaja
The Wedding Banquet
La violencia de Tarquino
Village Feast
The Prodigal Son squandering his Inheritance
Still-Life of Books
Apotheosis of the French Heroes that Died for the Fatherland during the War of Liberation
Vanitas, Still Life with Books and Manuscripts and a Skull
Young man with a violin
Portrait of a young man with a lute
The Boy Violinist
Virgin and Child with Musician Angels
The Clown
Snuffbox
A Palace Concert
The Musicians' Brawl
Vanitas Still Life
Woman Playing a Lute
Three Young Musicians
Divine Inspiration of Music
An Itinerant Musician
Musical Group on a Balcony
A Woman tuning a lute
Homer’s Riddle
『踏舞会 上野桜花観 遊ノ図』|A Dance Party: Enjoying Cherry Blossom Viewing at Ueno (Tōbukai Ueno ōka yūran no zu)
Frequently asked questions
What is Music & Musicians?
Music & Musicians is a motif in painting. Music gives painting a silent sound.
How many Music & Musicians works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 196 public-domain Music & Musicians works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Music & Musicians artists?
Key Music & Musicians artists in the collection include Edgar Degas, Georges de La Tour and Jean Léon Gérôme.