A Musical Party
Artist: Caspar Netscher (Dutch, 1639 - 1684)
Original Dimensions: 21 7/8" x 17 3/4"
Location: National Gallery of Art, London
About Artwork: (After 1665) "With a glance, a lifted hand, the turn of a head, the artist has made a picture that invites interpretation. This was such a popular composition at the time that several copies were made of Caspar Netscher’s original (now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich). This is one of the copies. Pictures of musicians playing were enjoyed in the seventeenth-century Netherlands. They were in part purely decorative, but often also seem to hold moments of titillation, showing opportunities for flirtation. They may perhaps, because of the musical setting, also represent the harmony of love. Whatever their original purpose, they invite interpretation, story-making and discussion." - (National Gallery of Art, London)

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