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Angels Making Music
Cornelis Schut, I (Flemish, 1597-1655)LinkedCulture matchlcp-f7525dc84ac9
- Date
- c. 1650
- Medium
- Etching from two plates in black on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Flanders
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 135444
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
When creating this ensemble of heavenly musicians, Cornelis Schut I was inspired by the tapestry series depicted in Peter Paul Rubens’s painting The Adoration of the Eucharist (1937.1012). On the left, an angel crowned with a floral wreath plays a lute. A trio of angels accompanies him with a trumpet, horn, and shawm (similar to an oboe). On the right, three angels play a bass violin (a precursor to the cello), a lute, and a violin. Groups of cherubs sing along, sometimes with the aid of songbooks.
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- Credit line
- John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowment
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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