Musicha (Music)

c. 1465

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Associated Names
Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

Artist, Ferrarese, active c. 1465

The image depicts a person playing a wind instrument while seated on a chair. The person has curly hair, closed eyes, and wears a sleeveless dress with a belted waist. They are surrounded by a swan and various musical instruments on the floor. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving with gilding

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.7 x 9.9 cm (6 15/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9519

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 1, p.237, no. 26, State a

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 89); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 123.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.39.

Wikidata ID

Q65023920

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