Musical instrument in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Red Orchestra, 1946–1949.

Red Orchestra (Le Concert rouge) (museum title)

Raoul Dufy (French), oil on canvas

Milwaukee Art Museum, United States

Musical Group on a Balcony, Gerrit van Honthorst

Musical Group on a Balcony, 1622.

Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch), oil on wood

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Washerwomen at the River, Francisco Pradilla

Washerwomen at the River, 1913.

Lavanderas en el río (museum title)

Francisco Pradilla (Spanish), watercolor and gouache on paper

Carmen Thyssen Museum, Spain

Shepherd Playing the Flute, and Four Nymphs, Gerrit van Honthorst

Shepherd Playing the Flute, and Four Nymphs, 1632.

Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Violin Player, 1626.

Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Allegory of Europe, Ferdinand van Kessel

Allegory of Europe, 1689.

Europa (museum title)

Ferdinand van Kessel (Belgian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young, Jan Steen

As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young, c. 1663–1665.

'As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young' (museum title)

Jan Steen (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Woman Playing the Cittern, c. 1662.

Jan Steen (Dutch), oil on wood

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

The Messenger, known as The Unwelcome News, Gerard ter Borch

The Messenger, known as The Unwelcome News, 1653.

The Messenger, known as 'The Unwelcome News' (museum title)

Gerard ter Borch (Dutch), oil on wood

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, James Barry

Orpheus Instructing a Savage People in Theology and the Arts of Social Life, 1791.

James Barry (Irish), etching, engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Musicians, 1953.

Musicians (museum title)

Nicolas de Staël (French), oil on canvas

The Phillips Collection, United States

The Musician's Table, 1926.

La table du musicien (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain

The Guitar Player, 1926.

Guitarspillersken (The Guitar Player) (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Salomé, 1897.

Alphonse Mucha, color lithograph

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

An organ grinder (a woman of savoy), Jean-Honoré Fragonard

An organ grinder (a woman of savoy), 1785.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French)

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

A Childhood Idyll, 1900.

Idylle enfantine (museum title)

William Bouguereau (French), oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

The Concert, 1623.

Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Musical Group by Candlelight, Gerrit van Honthorst

Musical Group by Candlelight, 1623.

Musiceren ved levende lys (museum title)

Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Mrs Best at the Piano, John Butler Yeats

Mrs Best at the Piano, 1907.

John Butler Yeats (Irish), graphite on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Harlequin with Violin, 1945–1946.

Arlequin au violon (museum title)

Raoul Dufy (French), oil on canvas

Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

The Music Book, 1922.

Le cahier de musique (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain

A Pig Belongs in the Sty, c. 1673–1675.

‘A Pig Belongs in the Sty’ (museum title)

Jan Steen (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Marie-Louise-Adélaïde-Jacquette de Robien, Vicomtesse de Mirabeau, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Marie-Louise-Adélaïde-Jacquette de Robien, Vicomtesse de Mirabeau, 1774.

Portrait de Marie-Louise-Adélaïde-Jacquette de Robien… (museum title)

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (French), oil on canvas

Cognacq-Jay Museum, France

Allegory on the Marriage of King Karl XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl

Allegory on the Marriage of King Karl XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora, 1692.

Allegori över konung Karl XI:s och drottning Ulrika… (museum title)

David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Favorite of the Emir, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

The Favorite of the Emir, c. 1879.

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Guitar in Front of the Sea, 1925.

La guitare devant la mer (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain

Guitar and Newspaper, 1925.

Guitare et journal (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain

Portrait of Juliette de Villeneuve, Jacques-Louis David

Portrait of Juliette de Villeneuve, 1824.

Portrait de Juliette de Villeneuve (museum title)

Jacques-Louis David (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

A Lady in Blue, 1902.

Hugh Ramsay (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

The Visit of Doctor Syntax to the Widow Hopefull [sic] at York, Thomas Rowlandson

The Visit of Doctor Syntax to the Widow Hopefull [sic] at York, 1820.

Thomas Rowlandson (British), hand-colored etching and aquatint

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young, c. 1668–1670.

'As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young' (museum title)

Jan Steen (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

Guitar and Fruit Bowl, 1926–1927.

Guitare et compotier (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Colección Telefónica), Spain

Spring, 1894.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The Life of Man, c. 1665.

Jan Steen (Dutch), oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, Netherlands

The Merry Fiddler, 1623.

Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Turning a Shamisen (Shamisen no nejime), from the series "Chanting to Shamisen by Young Women of Today (Tosei musume joruri)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Turning a Shamisen (Shamisen no nejime), from the series "Chanting to Shamisen by Young Women of Today (Tosei musume joruri)", c. 1804.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Fallen Star, 1874.

De gevallen ster (museum title)

Jan Van Beers (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

The Blue Carpet, 1925.

Le Tapis bleu (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Mandolin and Pipe, 1925.

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Hood Museum of Art, United States

Violin and Fruit Dish, 1925.

Violon et compotier (museum title)

Juan Gris (Spanish), oil on canvas

Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier, Gerard ter Borch

A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier, c. 1658.

Gerard ter Borch (Dutch), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Tale from the Decameron, John William Waterhouse

A Tale from the Decameron, 1916.

John William Waterhouse (British), oil on canvas

Lady Lever Art Gallery, United Kingdom

The Music Lesson, c. 1668.

Gerard ter Borch (Dutch), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

The Suitor's Visit, c. 1658.

Gerard ter Borch (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Orpheus and the Animals, 1650.

Paulus Potter (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Interior of a Harem in Morocco, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

Interior of a Harem in Morocco, 1878.

Intérieur de harem au Maroc (museum title)

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (French), oil on canvas

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Sappho and Alcaeus, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Sappho and Alcaeus, 1881.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on panel

Walters Art Museum, United States

Bugler of the Light Infantry, Alphonse de Neuville

Bugler of the Light Infantry, 1876.

Alphonse de Neuville (French), oil on wood

Clark Art Institute, United States

The Muses Paying Homage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta, or The Artists Presenting a Plan for an Academy, Francis Hayman

The Muses Paying Homage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta, or The Artists Presenting a Plan for an Academy, 1749–1752.

The Muses Paying Homage to Frederick Prince of Wales and… (museum title)

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, United Kingdom

A Romance, 1894.

Una romança (museum title)

Santiago Rusiñol (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Art Museum of Catalonia, Spain