A Bagpiper Playing for Four Dancing Monkeys

anonymous, 1617

The oboe is often associated with pastoral images because its sound recalls that of shawms and bagpipes. A bagpiper features in this print. From the 1650s onwards, composers increasingly used the oboe with its penetrating, nasal voice to add lustre to bucolic and festive scenes.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-2018-860
  • Dimensionsheight 226 mm x width 167 mm
  • Physical characteristicsgravure met tekst in boekdruk