Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, the Harpist
Date1837
Artist
Peter Copmann
1794 - 1850
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOH: 36 1/4 in.; OW: 30 in.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2017-292,A&C
DescriptionPortrait of a man standing with his left arm resting on a harp. In his left hand he holds rolled up sheet music. He is wearing a black jacket with a purple-grey waistcoat and white shirt accessorized with a black stock and gold stickpin. There is a red drape in the upper left corner of the green-brown background.Label TextAcclaimed harpist Robert Nicholas-Charles Bochsa performed off and on in North America and Europe during the 1830s and 1840s. In 1837, while in New Orleans, Louisiana, he sat for acclaimed artist Peter Copmann, a Danish immigrant. Bochsa is shown with his arm resting on his harp, and a rolled score, likely his own composition, in his hand.Inscription(s)Signed in lower right, "By P Copmann/ 1837"ProvenanceDr. Isaac M. Cline, gift to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; sold at Neal Auctions, July 9, 2017 to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)
Probably 1665-1700
ca. 1745
