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Music Cabinet and Piano with a Relic of St Cecilia
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Pierre Cuypers, the Rijksmuseum architect, designed these pieces of furniture as engagement and wedding presents for his second wife. The Gothic Revival style and the reliquary on the piano express their deep-rooted Catholicism. The images on the piano case – the Annunciation and scenes from the life of St Cecilia, patron saint of music – allude to the difficult choice of Cuypers' wife between marriage and a musical career.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMusic cabinet and piano with a relic of St Cecilia. 1858 - 1859. Antoine Bord, Pierre Joseph Hubert Cuypers. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
