Countless are the ways music and visual arts meet. Here is the short account of what was recently discovered behind…
Some cherubs drawn by Arent van Bolten (ca. 1573-before 1633) at the BM (inv. SL,5217.1)
Noli me Tangere
I ran into a drawing by Giovanni Pietro Ligari (1686-1748) at the Casa Ligari museum in Sondrio (Palazzo Sassi de…
Scipione Cerreto, “Della prattica musica vocale, et strumentale…”, 1601
Giulio Casseri (ca. 1552-1616) “De vocis auditusque organis…” 1601
2 Tempestas
Antonio Tempesta (1555 – 1630) Musicians and singers [Harvard Museum 61.2007 and 63.2007]
Solitary hurdy-gurdy player
Giovanni Battista Franco (called il Semolei) (c. 1510 – 1561) [Oxford, Ashmolean Museum WA1863.5138] – ca. 1530 – 1561 So…
The Double
Antonio Caranzano (active 1577 – 1618) [Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, WA1863.4008] GRANDEZZA MAHUMETANA / IGNORANTIA MAHUMETANA [1583], when images are worth…
Strings and Winds
Giovanni Pietro Birago (active c.1471/1474 – 1513) [Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, WA1863.1623] Nereid and two children playing musical instruments
Finally Catalogue#40
Finally Catalogue #40 on Heraldry is out! Here’s the link https://issuu.com/antiquariaatvandersteur/docs/40catalogue 13th May an exhibition with a choice of items…
