This is a painting of a group engaged in a music session, all looking towards a large open music book in a grand, architectural setting. Behind the group are tall, ornate columns and an arched background that opens up to show a cloudy blue sky. Most of the people have open mouths as if they are singing, while one man in the back seems to be conducting, holding a up roll of paper. Some of the people in the group are seated in cushioned wooden chairs, and a yellowish cloth is draped over the surface that the large book rests on. There is a string instrument similar to a cello near the bottom…
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The Choristers

Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667 - 1749)

c. 1740/1745

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 68 x 54.5 cm (26 3/4 x 21 7/16 in.) ; framed: 91.4 x 78.1 cm (36 x 30 3/4 in.)
Culture
Genoese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Gift of Emily Floyd Gardiner
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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