# Musical Instruments with Two Glass Spheres and a Male Bust

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BETTERA, Bartolomeo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bettera-bartolomeo-ra456d54cccabf7>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 96 x 140 cm

## Commentary

In this still-life different objects are arranged: musical instruments, an ebony cabinet with ivory reliefs, a plaster bust, and a pair of decorative glass spheres. The background is closed off with a large red and orange brocade that falls in heavy folds on the left, tightened across its middle by gold-trimmed tassels that punctuate the composition. The musical objects in the foreground are lute, trumpet, viol, guitar, violin, recorder, bow, and albums. The plaster bust of a man is based on the &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/2/4christ2.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/2/4christ2.html&#34;&gt;Risen Christ by Michelangelo&lt;/a&gt; \(Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome\)

## Related artworks

- [Still-Life with Musical Instruments](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bettera-bartolomeo-ra456d54cccabf7/still-life-with-musical-instruments-re1f173fa4887c5>)

## Attribution

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