Musicians in an Interior

Musicians in an Interior

RP-T-1989-108(R)

In the 17th century, being able to play several instruments was more important than perfectly mastering a single one. While making music together, one could then switch instruments. This drawing is probably a design for a mural intended for a music room. Unfortunately, we do not know where or if it was executed; almost all of Bramer’s interior paintings have been lost.

draughtsman: Leonaert Bramer

1606 - 1674

penseel in grijs

height 372 mm x width 463 mm

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds, the Rijksmuseum-Stichting and the De Ster Holding BV

purchase 1989

Public domain

…; collection Carel Vosmaer (1826-88), Montreux;{Amsterdam 1989, p. 71, no. 27.} his son, Prof. Dr Gualtherus Carel Jacob Vosmaer (1854-1916), Leiden; his son, C.J.J.G. Vosmaer (1907-86), Leiden; his heirs; from whom, fl. 650,000, with 212 other drawings, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Rijksmuseum Stichting and The Ster, 1989

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