ID: 700000316 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000316	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Musicians (oil painting (visual work); Caravaggio (Italian, 1571-1610); patron: Cardinal Francesco ...; ca. 1595; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 52.81)

Note: Although described by contemporaries as "a music piece,” this picture presents an allegory of music in terms of a contemporary performance; Cupid’s presence signals its allegorical intention. The costumes have a vaguely classical look and Caravaggio included his self-portrait in the second boy from the right. Trained in Lombardy, Caravaggio initially made his reputation in Rome with paintings of half-length figures, such as this one, which was painted for his first great patron, Cardinal Francesco del Monte.

Titles:

The Musicians (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,P)

Musicians, The (C,U,undetermined,U,P)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

European art

Creation Date: ca. 1595

Creator Display:

Caravaggio (Italian, 1571-1610); patron: Cardinal Francesco del Monte [preferred,VP]

artist Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (Italian painter, 1571-1610) [500115312]

patron Bourbon del Monte, Francesco Maria, Cardinal (Italian cardinal, 1549-1626) [500314789]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 52.81

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952

Display Materials: oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: 92.1 x 118.4 cm (36 1/4 x 46 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Italian

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

allegory

Specific Subjects:

	Music [901000795]
	.....((Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)

	musician [300025666]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the performing arts>) (AAT)

Provenance: Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte, Palazzo Madama, Rome (until d. 1626; inv., 1627); his nephew, Uguccione del Monte, Rome (d. 1626); his brother, Alessandro del Monte, Rome (1626–28; sale, Giardino di Ripetta, Rome, May 8, 1628, as "un quadro di Giovani che catano"); ?Cardinal Antonio Barberini, Palazzo Barberini, Rome (possibly presented to Créquy in 1634); Marechal Charles I de Créquy, Paris (1634–d. 1638; inv., 1638, no. 119); Cardinal Richelieu, Palais du Cardinal, Paris (until d. 1642; his estate, 1642–50; inv., 1643, no. 996; his estate sale, January 7–February 8, 1650, no. 996, for 1,030 livres tournois to the duchesse d'Aiguillon); his niece, Marie Wignerod de Pontcourlay, duchesse d'Aiguillon, le petit Luxembourg, Paris (1650–d. 1675; inv., 1675, no. 48); David Burns, Fernacre, Whitehaven, Cumberland (by 1920s–d. 1941; inv., 1933, no. 846); Mrs. David Burns, Fernacre (from 1941; sold shortly before her death in 1947 to Cookson); [Joe Cookson, Kendal, Westmoreland, until 1947; sold for £100 to Thwaytes]; Surgeon Captain W. G. Thwaytes, Maulds Meaburn, Penrith (1947–52; sold to MMA)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
The Musicians	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 30 April 2012
Musicians, The	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) transcribed https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435844, accessed 18 March 2018