# Portrait of Three Musicians of the Medici Court [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GABBIANI, Anton Domenico]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 141 x 208 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Three Musicians of the Medici Court c. 1687 Oil on canvas, 141 x 208 cm Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence This canvas is one of a group of four paintings representing similar subject matter, painted by Gabbiani for the Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici \(1663-1713\) for the villa at Pratolino. Ferdinando had a theatre built in the villa, where music composed specially for him was performed. The identity of the musicians \(a harpsichord player, a violinist and a singer\) is not known. The musical instruments painted here correspond to those to be found in the vast collection which once belonged to the Grand Prince. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of the Fine Arts under the Protection of Wisdom and Nature]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Fall of Icarus]() - [Portrait of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici as a Young Woman]() - [Portrait of Four Servants of the Medici Court]() - [Portrait of Three Musicians of the Medici Court \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()