Gray, Henry Peters (1819-1877) [Artist]. The Greek lovers

Entity typeWork (Individual)
Collection RIDIM
Date of work 1846
Work language English
Subject headers War of independence, 1821-1829
Artist Gray, Henry Peters (1819-1877)
Form of work Iconography Work
Typology
- Painting
Chronological range
- 1825-1875
Geographical range
- Greece
Summary
- Two figures in the foreground: on the left a young man wearing a Phrygian cap and on the right a young woman seated and holding a long-necked lute. This instrument is not modelled on a real instrument but appears to be a cross between a guitar and a mandolin.
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Note
- Height:102.2 cm (40 1/4 in.)
  
  Width:130.8 cm (51 1/2 in.)
  
  Technique / Medium:oil on canvas
  
  RIdIM record id: 3190
Informational Data
- Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)
  
  Lute [3394] (highly stylised instrument, not in fact an accurately depicted instrument. This represents the artist's conception of an Ancient Greek Instrument. American artists of the period were fascinated by Ancient Greece and were sympathetic to modern Greece's struggle for independence in the period between 1825 and 1875.)
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Gray, Henry Peters (1819-1877) [Artist]. The Greek lovers - Identifier: 866