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Description: | This painting represents a group of men and women united in the pursuit of music. The figures embody harmony, not only in the music they create, but also in their elegant costumes and gestures, which also convey their position in elite society. In its depiction of a group of people enjoying a shared activity, this painting exemplifies the 'conversation piece' genre of portraiture, which was becoming popular in Britain in the 1720s. The pursuit of music was a popular theme in early eighteenth-century paintings executed in the emerging Rococo style, and often features in the work of Antoine Watteau. | Subjects: | figure; buildings and gardens; landscape; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Aken, Joseph van (Flemish painter, ca. 1699-1749, active in England) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8366... | Go to resource |
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