This horizontal painting shows a group of eight light-skinned musicians and onlookers gathered closely around a rectangular, carpet-covered table. The front edge of the table runs parallel to the bottom edge of the painting, and seems close to us. Shown from about the waist up, the men and women’s vivid lapis-blue, coral-red, buttercup-yellow, lilac-purple, and moss-green garments fall in crisp folds. Bright reflections on the fabric suggest a satin-like material. Two women wear feathers in their hair and one man’s hat is plumed. One man, wearing crimson red and black, sits with his back to…
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The Concert

Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592 - 1656)

1623

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 123.5 × 205 cm (48 5/8 × 80 11/16 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Florian Carr Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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