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Selected Works Music

Enjoy a symphony of music portrayed in the artworks of the Museum’s collections. Instruments, balls and concerts accompany Apollo, Saint Cecile and Orpheus for our viewing pleasure, since there were no recordings at the time!

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Paintings

Jean-Antoine WATTEAU

The Delicate Musician

c. 1717
Paintings

Gerrit van HONTHORST

Concert on a Balcony

1624
Paintings

Gerard ter BORCH

The Concert : Singer and Theorbo...

c. 1657
Paintings

Frans HALS

Buffoon with a Lute
Paintings

Domenico ZAMPIERI, known as DOMENICHINO

Saint Cecilia with an angel...

c. 1617-18
Prints and Drawings

Giuseppe CADES(Rome, 1750-99)

Orpheus Charming the Animals

1780
Prints and Drawings

Mattia PRETI (Taverna, 1613-Valletta, 1699)

Musicians around a Table

Circa 1630-40
Prints and Drawings

Luca Giordano (1634-1705)

St. Cecilia at the organ...

1650-60
Near Eastern Antiquities

Stele of music

Second dynasty of Lagash, reign of Gudea, c. 2120 BC

Tello (ancient Girsu)
Near Eastern Antiquities

Plaque with a harpist

Circa 2000 BC

Eshnunna (Mesopotamia)