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Music, La Musique, Le Cabinet des Beaux Arts, ou Recueil Des Plus Belles Estampes, engraved after the Original Tableaux, print, album page, Ceiling piece with the personification of Music playing the lyre. Also the portrait of Madame de Maintenon, second wife and mistress of Louis XIV. Surrounding her children playing the flute, lute, and harpsichord. On the right, the stage of an opera. Print is part of an album., Paris, after print by Gerard Edelinck, after painting by Antoine Coypel, publisher: Gerard Edelinck, 1695, printmaker, after print by, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 161 mm x width 256 mm, Person, Madame de Maintenon, 'Musica', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems, (decorated) ceiling, An oval engraving shows a seated woman draped in flowing fabric holding a lyre with a decorative face at its top, surrounded by several children and young figures; one child reclines playing a small stringed instrument, two children sit close together with one blowing a flute while the other looks on, and another youth stands nearby with a hand resting on a lectern topped by a carved lion figure. Behind them heavy curtains form a dark backdrop and to the right an architectural opening reveals a distant scene with figures gathered on a stage and a radiant cloud-like formation above them. Open books and sheets lie on the floor in front of the group, and the clothing and drapery display detailed folds and textures throughout the composition.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A75_069

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Keywords

Music La Musique Le Cabinet des Beaux Arts ou Recueil Des Plus Belles Estampes engraved Original Tableaux print album page Ceiling piece personification Music playing lyre Also portrait Madame de Maintenon second wife mistress Louis XIV Surrounding children playing flute lute harpsichord right stage opera Print part album Paris Gerard Edelinck painting Antoine Coypel publisher 1695 printmaker paper etching engraving height 161 mm x width 256 mm Person Musica symbolic representations allegories emblems decorated ceiling oval engraving seated woman draped flowing fabric holding decorative face top surrounded several children young figures child reclines playing small stringed instrument two children sit close together blowing looks on another youth stands nearby hand resting lectern topped carved lion figure them heavy curtains form dark backdrop architectural opening reveals distant scene figures gathered radiant cloud- formation them Open books sheets lie floor front group clothing drapery display detailed folds textures composition