About this artwork
When creating this ensemble of heavenly musicians, Cornelis Schut I was inspired by the tapestry series depicted in Peter Paul Rubens’s painting The Adoration of the Eucharist (1937.1012). On the left, an angel crowned with a floral wreath plays a lute. A trio of angels accompanies him with a trumpet, horn, and shawm (similar to an oboe). On the right, three angels play a bass violin (a precursor to the cello), a lute, and a violin. Groups of cherubs sing along, sometimes with the aid of songbooks.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Cornelis Schut, I
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Title
- Angels Making Music
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Place
- Flanders (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1645–1655
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Medium
- Etching from two plates in black on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- 35 × 51 cm (13 13/16 × 20 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowment
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Reference Number
- 1994.721
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/135444/manifest.json