Die alte Geige

Amerikanische Malerei 1890–1901, um 1890

A violin, bow, and a tattered page of sheet music hang from a dark, forest-green, wooden door in this vertical painting. The string holding the violin hangs from a nail just above the sheet music. The violin hangs at an angle so the neck points slightly to our right. The bow hangs almost vertically behind the violin’s body. White powder coats the violin under the strings, one of which is broken. The sheet of music is titled “VIOLIN” and the musical notation is legible. The edges of the paper are chipped and wrinkled. Several pins are pounded into the wooden door, and a few small holes and vertical cracks mar its surface. The tip of one of two scrolling, gold hinges to are left is broken. A keyhole to our right is surrounded a brass plate, and a gold key hangs nearby. A scrap of newspaper is pasted on the door just below the violin to our right, but the text is illegible. The green paint is worn away on the left and right edges of the composition. The initials “JFP” appear to be carved into the door just above the violin to our left. The artist’s name is painted in black near the lower left corner, “John. F. Peto.”
Künstler
Amerikanische Malerei 1890–1901
Datierung
um 1890
Gattung
Gemälde
Technik
Öl auf Leinwand
Maße
77,2 × 58,1 cm
Sammlung
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lizenz
Gemeinfrei, CC0

Bildbeschreibung

A violin, bow, and a tattered page of sheet music hang from a dark, forest-green, wooden door in this vertical painting. The string holding the violin hangs from a nail just above the sheet music. The violin hangs at an angle so the neck points slightly to our right. The bow hangs almost vertically behind the violin’s body. White powder coats the violin under the strings, one of which is broken. The sheet of music is titled “VIOLIN” and the musical notation is legible. The edges of the paper are chipped and wrinkled. Several pins are pounded into the wooden door, and a few small holes and vertical cracks mar its surface. The tip of one of two scrolling, gold hinges to are left is broken. A keyhole to our right is surrounded a brass plate, and a gold key hangs nearby. A scrap of newspaper is pasted on the door just below the violin to our right, but the text is illegible. The green paint is worn away on the left and right edges of the composition. The initials “JFP” appear to be carved into the door just above the violin to our left. The artist’s name is painted in black near the lower left corner, “John. F. Peto.”

Amerikanische Malerei 1890–1901