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Description: | A sixteenth century scene, showing guests seated at a long table in an outdoor courtyard. They are watching a woman dancing on the mosaic floor in the foreground who has her back to us. She is wearing a red and gold chiffon-type outfit, and is barefoot. Her arms are outstretched. On the left is a group of musicians.: they play the flute, double bass, violin and lute.
The dinner table is situated in the middle ground, with the host and hostess seated beneath a huge gold tapestry canopy, decorated with the family arms, and those of other noble families. The hostess, on the left, wears a red dress with a high stand-up collar, and she has a white feather in her hair. She holds up a fan of black feathers. Her husband wears a black fur tunic over a brown undertunic and a chain of office round his shoulders; it shows the insignia of the hanging lamb.
On either side of the couple are the guests, with servants tending to them, including one who has stopped to watch the dancer. The guests crane their necks to see round him. One woman looks straight at us, as if bored. At the extreme right sits an elderly man in a long fur edged coat, in the act of turning round to a servant.
Behind the table is the marble wall of the courtyard, decorated with carvings round the top edges; garlands of leaves and oranges deck the top of the wall. Perched on the wall, looking down, is a small monkey. On the left is a large portal with a pediment, with an identical one just out of the picture on the right. Beyond it is a marble temple and tall trees.
One of a series of 6 illustrating life of 16th century Italian soldier. Commissioned by Jacoby., Inscribed: " J.D. Linton, 1882", back right on marble step.,
Accession number: NCM 1911-34 | Subjects: | costume (men's) narratives food and drink musical instruments costume (women's) period pieces architecture dance military | Temporal: | 1882 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by LINTON/Sir James Dromgole (1840 - 1916) | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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