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Sheet music

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  • A private concert at night: people around a table are playing music, embracing and singing. Engraving after J. Leclerc.
  • A man points to a sheet of music as he and four others sing. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630.
  • A choir of men and boys rehearsing a performance of an oratorio. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736.
  • Two musicians play the violin and lute as a woman sings. Engraving after D. Maggiotto.
  • The Christ Child, in the believer's heart, beats the time from a songbook while angels accompany him with musical instruments. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
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    Four musicians at a performance: the violinist points with his bow at the sheet music as another man plays the theorbo, and a guitar is placed on the table. Etching.

    | Reference: 33928i
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    Two musicians play the violin and lute as a woman sings. Engraving after D. Maggiotto.

    Maggiotto, Domenico, 1713-1794. | Reference: 33871i
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    A man is sitting on a stage playing a keyboard instrument; a sheet of music and words is hanging from a line above his head. Etching, 16--.

    | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 34145i
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    Two young women making music, while a young man brings them a drink. Lithograph by L. van den Wildenberg after G. Ter Borch (Terborch).

    Ter Borch, Gerrit, the younger, 1617-1662. | Date: [1829?] | Reference: 2475374i
    Part of: Collection de tableaux de S.A.S. le Prince Auguste d'Arenberg.
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    A woman holding a songbook (left) and a man holding a glass (right) are singing to the accompaniment of a man playing the violin. Etching after A. van Ostade.

    Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685. | Reference: 33812i
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