Minneapolis Institute of Art
Fashion Plate No. 297 from Journal des Dames et des Modes
Publisher: Pierre de La MesangereLinkedCulture matchlcp-95c598eb9e0c
- Date
- April 30, 1801
- Medium
- Hand-colored engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 107535
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
The woman in this print makes the opposite impression of her counterpart holding the backwards guitar (see Mia P.16, 081). She carries a book entitled “SOLFEGE” (music theory). These musical exercises place syllables (like Do-Re-Mi) onto musical scalesto teach sightreading, the technique of singing from a musical score without hearing the tune beforehand. This kind of skilled musicianship required dedication and thus casts this woman as a serious student or teacher of music. The back of this image has musical notation scrawled on it. Perhaps the plate was owned by a well-trained woman musician. France, Europe
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- Credit line
- The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966
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