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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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Egyptian Antiquities

Angle harp

1069 - 332 avant J.-C. (après le Nouvel Empire)
Paintings

Frans HALS

Buffoon with a Lute
Paintings

Gerrit van HONTHORST

Concert on a Balcony

1624
Near Eastern Antiquities

Mosaic of a woman playing the harp

Vers 260 après J.-C.

Iran, Bishapur, "palais" de Shapur...
Prints and Drawings

Mattia PRETI (Taverna, 1613-Valletta, 1699)

Musicians around a Table

Circa 1630-40
Prints and Drawings

Giuseppe CADES(Rome, 1750-99)

Orpheus Charming the Animals

1780
Egyptian Antiquities

Pair of clappers

Moyen ou Nouvel Empire ?, 2033 - 1069 avant J.-C.
Near Eastern Antiquities

Plaque with a harpist

Eshnunna
Paintings

Domenico ZAMPIERI, known as DOMENICHINO

Saint Cecilia with an angel...

c. 1617-18
Egyptian Antiquities

Sistreum of Henuttawy, a chantress...

3e Période Intermédiaire, 1069 - 664 avant J.-C.