Art, literature & history
Attributes of Music
1863
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 62.6 x 116 cm (24 5/8 x 45 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1980.233
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
François Bonvin. Attributes of Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
Attributes of Music — François Bonvin. 1863.
Medium: oil on fabric. Dimensions: Unframed: 62.6 x 116 cm (24 5/8 x 45 11/16 in.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
A lute and flute rest on top of sheet music. This painting was intended to hang above a door, opposite still lifes that represented the other fine arts of painting and sculpture (the two related paintings are in the Musée du Louvre, Paris). Bonvin was part of the 19th-century movement known as Realism. Led by Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), the Realist painters were interested in depicting the world that surrounded them, as well as the popular culture of their time.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.