About this piece

Seven playful cherubs are depicted joyfully making music around a cloth stretched between two branches. This lively scene captures the innocence and harmony of childhood, set against a backdrop that evokes a sense of timeless beauty.

Artist: Gerard de Lairesse
Title: Seven Music-Making Cherubs by a Draped Cloth
Date: 1670

Related tags: gerard de lairesse, cherubs, baroque art, musical scene, 17th century painting, classical art

Dimensions: 3960 x 2018 (Nearest commonly-used ratio: 16:9)
Image file name: musicerende_putti_d676a2ea.jpeg
Image file size: 15092143
Time image uploaded: 2024-07-05T14:22:14.000Z
License: CC0 (Creative Commons 0)

Source: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam