Wine glass with three music-making boys
Also titled Wijnglas met drie musicerende jongetjes
c. 1775 - c. 1798
- Medium
- glass
- Classification
- kelkglas
- Dimensions
- height 15.5 cm x diameter 8.6 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of Jonkvrouw P.J. Boreel, Beverwijk
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Engraver David Wolff specialized in representations of themes such as friendship, freedom or – in this case – harmony. His glasses feature scenes of boys dancing, playing or making music. Because Wolff used little contrast in his work, it was sometimes difficult to read his highly sophisticated scenes. However, they became clear as soon as the glass was filled with red wine.
