Spinet Collection

English Period Costumes: A Lady, Seventeenth Century (colour litho)
8668192 English Period Costumes: A Lady, Seventeenth Century (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Lady, Seventeenth Century)

Musikalische Unterhaltung / Musical Entertainment (colour litho)
8666191 Musikalische Unterhaltung / Musical Entertainment (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Musikalische Unterhaltung)

A glass virginal from Austria
3507391 A glass virginal from Austria; (add.info.: A glass virginal, an early spinet with the strings parallel to the keyboard, typically rectangular, from Austria)

A glass virginal from Austria
3507390 A glass virginal from Austria; (add.info.: A glass virginal, an early spinet with the strings parallel to the keyboard, typically rectangular, from Austria)

Hausmusik / House Music (colour litho)
8666118 Hausmusik / House Music (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hausmusik. An Stelle der im Mittelalter beliebten Hausorgel tritt seit dem 16)

The Industrial Arts during the Renaissance Period in Italy (engraving)
8644850 The Industrial Arts during the Renaissance Period in Italy (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Musical instruments: Spinet (colour litho)
8642470 Musical instruments: Spinet (colour litho) by Gibb, William (1839-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spinet. Illustration for Musical Instruments by A J Hipkins (A&C Black)

Party Scene; Allegory of the Five Senses, 1605-1652. Creator: Bartholomeus van Bassen
Party Scene; Allegory of the Five Senses, 1605-1652

At the spinet, c1900. Creator: Frances S. Allen
At the spinet, c1900. Photograph for book illustration shows woman, in period costume, playing a spinet piano

Children playing instruments
3780659 Children playing instruments; (add.info.: Two children play the mandolin and spinet. Based on an oil painting by Seymour Lucas)

Mademoiselle Delong de Geneve, Monsieur Philippe and Monsieur de Texier (w/c)
896341 Mademoiselle Delong de Geneve, Monsieur Philippe and Monsieur de Texier (w/c) by Carmontelle, Louis Carrogis (1717-1806); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Spinet lid of Lucas Friedrich Behaim von Schwartzbach, 1619. Artist: Anonymous
Spinet lid of Lucas Friedrich Behaim von Schwartzbach, 1619. Found in the collection of Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Portrait of an old gentleman at the spinet
3359314 Portrait of an old gentleman at the spinet by Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti (1518-94); Galleria Colonna, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Portrait of an old gentleman at the spinet, Jacopo Tintoretto)

Great bookcase, 1859-62 (pine, carved, painted and gilded)
7247006 Great bookcase, 1859-62 (pine, carved, painted and gilded) by English School, (19th century); 317.5x173.9x49.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; © Ashmolean Museum

Portrait of Antonio Colonna (oil on canvas)
884919 Portrait of Antonio Colonna (oil on canvas) by Dinarelli, Giuliano (1629-71); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; (add.info.: Dinarelli Giuliano (1629-71))

Children rehearsing at the piano (colour litho)
5226906 Children rehearsing at the piano (colour litho) by Sowerby, John George (1876-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children rehearsing at the piano)

George Frideric Handel in old age (litho)
7149728 George Frideric Handel in old age (litho) by Barrett, Oswald Charles (BATT) (1892-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Musical Party (oil on canvas)
3087328 A Musical Party (oil on canvas) by La Tarte, Paul (d.1636); 116 x 98.8 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Sir Henry Bridgeman and his Family Making Music below a Bust of Handel, c. 1762-90 (oil on canvas)
7240734 Sir Henry Bridgeman and his Family Making Music below a Bust of Handel, c.1762-90 (oil on canvas) by Pine, Robert Edge (1730-88); 205.7x257 cm; The Weston Park Foundation, Shropshire

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Clavecin; Harpsichord; Clavier (engraving)
7195415 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Clavecin; Harpsichord; Clavier (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clavecin; Harpsichord; Clavier)

Spinet or Virginal, Italian, XVI Century (b / w photo)
7155037 Spinet or Virginal, Italian, XVI Century (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spinet or Virginal, Italian, XVI Century)

Marquise singing for her guests at a soiree, 18th Century (colour litho)
7201416 Marquise singing for her guests at a soiree, 18th Century (colour litho) by Marchetti, Ludovico (1853-1909) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

English Spinet (engraving)
7155087 English Spinet (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: English Spinet. Illustration for A Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Instruments in the South)

Emily delighted to sit on the Piano while Grandfather was playing it (engraving)
7165808 Emily delighted to sit on the Piano while Grandfather was playing it (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Woman playing a virginals, c1600 (engraving)
7149747 Woman playing a virginals, c1600 (engraving) by Goltzius, Hendrik (1558-1617) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman playing a virginals, c1600)

Handels Harpsichord (engraving)
7155090 Handels Harpsichord (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Handels Harpsichord)

Harpsichord (coloured engraving)
7159261 Harpsichord (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harpsichord. Illustration for the Illustrated History of Furniture by Frederick Litchfield)

The Parsonage, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Parsonage, c1780-1825. This drawing of The Parsonage is vigorous, emphatic, and one might say brilliant in Rowlandsons best manner

An Allegory of the Five Senses: A Merry Company in a Palatial Interior
7085262 An Allegory of the Five Senses: A Merry Company in a Palatial Interior, 1646 (oil on panel) by Vos, Simon de (1603-76); 48x62.8 cm; Private Collection; Flemish, out of copyright

Self-portrait with his wife Marie Sophie at the spinet, 1756. Private Collection

Saint Cecile playing harpsichord to convert her husband to Catholicism
JEB4878169 Saint Cecile playing harpsichord to convert her husband to Catholicism. Saint Cecile is the patron saint of musicians, 1651 (oil on canvas) by Puget, Pierre (1620-94); Palais de Longchamp

Werther admiring Charlotte playing harpsichord, 1935 (drawing)
ELD4875741 Werther admiring Charlotte playing harpsichord, 1935 (drawing) by Calbet, Antoine (1860-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

Charlotte playing harpsichord, 1935 (drawing)
ELD4875642 Charlotte playing harpsichord, 1935 (drawing) by Calbet, Antoine (1860-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for " The Sorrows of Young Werther" by Goethe)

The Old Spinet (photogravure)
3620581 The Old Spinet (photogravure) by Poetzelberger, Robert (1856-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Old Spinet)

The Laughing Cavalier at The Adelphi Theatre, London: Arthur Margetson in the role of the Cavalier about to surprise the wife of Frans Hals the painter (played by Irene Eisinger)

Concert at the time of Mozart, 1853 (detail) (oil on canvas)
REV346300 Concert at the time of Mozart, 1853 (detail) (oil on canvas) by Simonetti, Ettore (19th century); Museo de San Carlos, Mexico City

Front cover of the Sketch, 19 October 1921, featuring an illustration by E H Shepard. The Sketch clarifies that it has " no connection whatsoever with the " Daily Sketch.". Date: 1921

Il concerto (o Concerto interrotto), 1512 (olio su tela)
5974607 Il concerto (o Concerto interrotto), 1512 (olio su tela) by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (c.1488-1576); 122x108 cm; Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy; Luisa Ricciarini; Italian, out of copyright

Thomas Tallis and William Byrd (watercolour)
2818134 Thomas Tallis and William Byrd (watercolour) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thomas Tallis and William Byrd.); © Look and Learn

An Interior with a Girl Reading at a Desk (oil on canvas)
CH402648 An Interior with a Girl Reading at a Desk (oil on canvas) by Holsoe, Carl (1863-1935); 57.8x47.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Danish, out of copyright

Musical instruments (chromolitho)
969962 Musical instruments (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Musical instruments)

Spinet with the coat of arms of the Princess of Conti (colour litho)
977808 Spinet with the coat of arms of the Princess of Conti (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spinet with the coat of arms of the Princess of Conti)

Austrian composer Joseph Haydn playing the piano (litho)
5999592 Austrian composer Joseph Haydn playing the piano (litho) by Paredes, Vicente de (1857-1903) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Austrian composer Joseph Haydn playing the piano)

Richard Brinsley Sheridans play
3777372 Richard Brinsley Sheridans play by Thomson, Hugh (1860-1920); (add.info.: Richard Brinsley Sheridans play- The School for Scandal)

Lady Playing the Lute, c. 1610 (oil on wood)
3588428 Lady Playing the Lute, c.1610 (oil on wood) by Steenwyck, Hendrik the Younger (c.1580-1649); 65x64 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Flemish, out of copyright

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1768
3499761 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1768 by Helbling, Franz Thaddaus (fl.1776); Mozart Museum, Salzburg, Austria; (add.info.: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Austrian composer

An Interior in the Reign of Louis XVI (chromolitho)
725338 An Interior in the Reign of Louis XVI (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Interior in the Reign of Louis XVI)

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In the midst of a grand room, an old gentleman sits gracefully at the spinet, his fingers delicately dancing across the keys. The portrait captures his serene expression as he loses himself in the enchanting melodies that emanate from this timeless instrument. Adjacent to him, a spinet lid adorned with intricate carvings catches one's eye. Crafted by Lucas Friedrich Behaim von Schwartzbach in 1619, its anonymous artist has left their mark on this exquisite piece of artistry. A magnificent bookcase stands proudly nearby, crafted between 1859-62. Made from pine and embellished with carved details, it is further enhanced by vibrant paint and gilded accents. This masterpiece serves as both a functional storage space for cherished volumes and a testament to fine craftsmanship. Antonio Colonna's portrait hangs elegantly on the wall, capturing his essence through oil on canvas. His gaze seems to be drawn towards the spinet; perhaps music was not only his passion but also an integral part of his identity. Another captivating artwork portrays Mademoiselle Desgots of Saint-Domingue alongside her slave Laurent. Watercolor on paper brings their story to life as they engage in music-making together – a poignant reminder of how music can bridge social divides. The scene shifts to children rehearsing at the piano – their faces filled with concentration and joy. A color lithograph immortalizes this moment of youthful exploration and musical discovery. George Frideric Handel appears in another lithograph – aged yet still exuding brilliance and talent. His contribution to classical music resonates through time, inspiring generations who have followed in his footsteps. An oil painting transports us into "A Musical Party, " where musicians gather harmoniously amidst lush surroundings. Their instruments fill the air with melodious tunes while guests revel in this auditory feast for their senses. Sir Henry Bridgeman's family gathers beneath a bust of Handel as they make music together.