A Man Playing the Harp and a Man Playing the Violin

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Marie VIDAL asked

Can you tell me more about the drawing A man playing the harp and a Man playing the Violin (Antoon Sallaert.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hello Marie, I am not sure what kind of information you would like to have. I can tell you that this is a small drawing (17 x 22 cm) in black chalk. At that time drawings were either studies for a painting or studeis after a painting (to record a composition), but unfortunately I cannot tell you to which painting the drawing is connected. It is interesting that the musicians look as if they come from classical antiquity, with their sandals, robes and laurel crowns. Sallaert made the drawing in a time that this period was re-discovered. We call this period the Renaissance. Kind regards, Els

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Title	A Man Playing the Harp and a Man Playing the Violin
Material and technique	Black chalk
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object

Dimensions	Height 170 mm Width 220 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Antoon Sallaert
Accession number	MB 5038 (PK)
Credits	From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1847
Creation date	in circa 1610-1650
Collector	Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans
Internal exhibitions	Rubens, Jordaens, Van Dyck en tijdgenoten (2001)
External exhibitions	Flemish Festivals and Celebrations: Brueghel, Rubens, Jordaans (2025)
Material	Paper > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Black chalk > Chalk > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	Southern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe