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Zittende luitspelende engel

Simon Vouet

1600 - 1649

Medium

paper

Dimensions

h 402mm × w 260mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; chalk

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'; angels singing, making music; lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo; one person playing string instrument (plucked)

Production Place

France

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1951

Notes

height 402 mm x width 260 mm

Collection Type

drawings

About Simon Vouet

1590–1649 • France

French painter. Comment on works: Portraits; Religious; Mythology; Allegory

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