A Group of Men and Women Playing Chamber Music Within a Portico, Surmounted by Statues of Apollo and Female Figures, and Surrounded by Putti by Jan de Bray — Jan de Bray. A Group of Men and Women Playing Chamber Music Within a Portico, Surmounted by Statues of Apollo and Female Figures, and Surrounded by Putti, 1652. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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A Group of Men and Women Playing Chamber Music Within a Portico, Surmounted by Statues of Apollo and Female Figures, and Surrounded by Putti

Quick Overview

Artist: Jan de Bray (Dutch, Haarlem ca. 1627–1697 Amsterdam)
Date: 1652
Medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, over black chalk; framing line in pen and brown ink, by the artist
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 7 11/16 in. (28.4 × 19.5 cm) Mount: 18 1/2 × 14 1/16 in. (47 × 35.7 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Acquisitions Fund, 2014
Accession no.: 2014.764

Provenance

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