Music cabinet and piano with a relic or St Cecilia Music cabinet and piano with a relic or St Cecilia Piano whose cabinet is partly painted in oak and pine with colors and gold on the front a rear glass placed relic, Piano, of which the oak and pine cabinet is partially painted in colors and gold. The pillars bearing the keyboard rest on lying lions coming out of the cupboard, and the two high corner posts are crowned by the figures of a flute player and a citizen player, with the faces of Cuypers and his wife Antoinette. On both sides of the relic of St Cecilia placed behind glass, painted scenes from her life are: her defense against the prefect of Almachius, she bows her head to the executioner. On the far left the monk Hucbald, inventor of the counterpoint, far right Pythagoras, founder of harmony. On the reverse we see Mary in the center with his hands raised on the throne, with music-making angels and female and male saints. To the left and right of this are female and male representatives of sacred music from all centuries. Signed in right-most front view: monogram PJHC, label with inscription in gold: Piano and Organ warehouse / from TH.BRUGMAN / 93 Lauriergracht etc, the virgin martyr Cecilia of Rome, possible attributes: falcon, musical instruments, organ, wreath of roses and lilies, Pierre Joseph Hubert Cuypers, Antoinette Catharine Thérèse Alberdingk Thijm, Antoine Bord, 1858 - 1859, pine (wood), oak (wood), glass, cloth, h 165.2 cm × w 139.8 cm × d 65 cm
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