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1737
Oil on canvas, 73 x 91 cm
Wallace Collection, London
by Carle van Loo
(b. 1705, Nice, d. 1765, Paris)
The harpsichordist is identified as the artist's wife, Christina Somnis, a singer of high reputation in her day; the musical score is that of Handel's new oratorio Admeto.
