Street Musicians
Datec. 1630
Modern PlaceVenice, Genoa, Italy, Southern Europe, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions61 5/8 × 43 1/4 inches (156.53 × 109.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Italian Americans of Detroit on the occasion of Detroit's 250th Birthday, Tonti Night, July 18, 1951
Object number51.13
DescriptionA man, at the right, wearing a white shirt with one sleeve and a plumed hat plays a long oboe-like instrument. A dark-haired woman, center, wears an off-the-shoulder white blouse edged in lace and plays the flute. The man at the left wears a weskit and a plumed hat and plays the bag- pipes. Shadowy figures in the background at the side.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 7
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Pietro Cardiello, Detroit
17th Century
c. 1678
18th Century
c. 1730
1540/1545
1641