Tambourin Collection

Belgian Revolution of 1830: episode of September 1830 on the square of the Brussels City Hall (Belgium)
LSE4315234 Belgian Revolution of 1830: episode of September 1830 on the square of the Brussels City Hall (Belgium). Painting by Gustaf Wappers (1803-1874), oil on canvas, 1835

Portrait of Emma Calve (Rosa Noemie Emma Calvet de Roquet, dit) (1858-1942), French soprano
JEB4838272 Portrait of Emma Calve (Rosa Noemie Emma Calvet de Roquet, dit) (1858-1942), French soprano. Photography late 19th century.; (add.info)

Mezzo-soprano Miss Emilie Duboise as Maddalena in Giuseppe Verdi's opera " Rigoletto
FLO4656018 Mezzo-soprano Miss Emilie Duboise as Maddalena in Giuseppe Verdi's opera " Rigoletto, " as an Italian lady in national dress

Wedding feast in an Egyptian harem, 1820, with bride and groom surrounded by female dancers and musicians
FLO4620527 Wedding feast in an Egyptian harem, 1820, with bride and groom surrounded by female dancers and musicians. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after a painting by

Mandingo women dancing a cullunjee. They wear tall feather hats, painted faces, and grass skirts
FLO4619973 Mandingo women dancing a cullunjee. They wear tall feather hats, painted faces, and grass skirts, and beat time with drums and wooden castanets

Teleuts and tungouse (tungouze) costumes (China and Russia): shaman women, with their ritual drums
FLO4634599 Teleuts and tungouse (tungouze) costumes (China and Russia): shaman women, with their ritual drums. Below, two tungouts hunters weapons

Troubadour playing on six instruments in front of Prussian and Scots soldiers, 1815
FLO4677605 Troubadour playing on six instruments in front of Prussian and Scots soldiers, 1815. By moving his head, elbows and knees, he plays pan pipes, mandolin, drum, triangle

Greek mythology: Thalie, muse of comedy, with an ivy crown and its attributes
FLO4679773 Greek mythology: Thalie, muse of comedy, with an ivy crown and its attributes, a comic mask and a tambourine - Eau forte by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf

Samsin and Tambourine - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4980836 Samsin and Tambourine - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Samsin and Tambourine - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Iroquois women dancing to music played by men on drums and percussion. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Fr
FLO4621850 Iroquois women dancing to music played by men on drums and percussion. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Fr

Natives of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo) playing various musical instruments and dancing
FLO4620137 Natives of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo) playing various musical instruments and dancing. A gourd-resonated xylophone marimba, a drum ngamba, double bell longa, and two percussion scrapers

African costumes: Griot musician of balafon and tam tam, with a dancer. Below a couple from Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
FLO4635138 African costumes: Griot musician of balafon and tam tam, with a dancer. Below a couple from Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

Evening party at Coblenz (between rue Taitbout and rue Neuve-Lepelletier, Paris)
FLO4677876 Evening party at Coblenz (between rue Taitbout and rue Neuve-Lepelletier, Paris). A group of women and children (including a black woman)

Portraits of bayaderes and musicians in Bombay (India) - Photograph second half of the 19th century
CSO4984971 Portraits of bayaderes and musicians in Bombay (India) - Photograph second half of the 19th century -; (add.info)

Young Woman Playing Shamisen, Flute Fuye and Tsuzumi and Taiko Drums - Playing shamisen, tsudzumi
CSO4980163 Young Woman Playing Shamisen, Flute Fuye and Tsuzumi and Taiko Drums - Playing shamisen, tsudzumi, fuye and taiko - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info)

Kyoto - Musician Group - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4979407 Kyoto - Musician Group - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Kyoto - Musician Group - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Art. Entertainment. Fair's comedians. Poster, France, 1710 (engraving)
3434581 Art. Entertainment. Fair's comedians. Poster, France, 1710 (engraving); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll. Part. Art. Entertainment. Fair's comedians)

Egyptian alma or almeh dancing girls or bell-dancers accompanied by female musicians in veils
FLO4620707 Egyptian alma or almeh dancing girls or bell-dancers accompanied by female musicians in veils. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Nomad family of musicians (engraving)
8679741 Nomad family of musicians (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); 19, 9x18, 7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Gustave Dore's family of nomadic musicians); © Erik Pierre Hofmann

Two putti, one playing the tabor, the other playing the nakers, from the frieze of musical angels in the Chapel of
BEN85129 Two putti, one playing the tabor, the other playing the nakers, from the frieze of musical angels in the Chapel of Isotta degli Atti, by Agostino di Duccio (1418-81)

Costumes of the natives of Egypt, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio
FLO4620715 Costumes of the natives of Egypt, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Young girls playing shamisen and drums (tsuzumi and taiko) - Playing samisen
CSO4979987 Young girls playing shamisen and drums (tsuzumi and taiko) - Playing samisen, tsudzumi and taiko - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info)

Costume of Xhosa (or amaxhosa) (South Africa), musicians in fur cloaks, a hunter in leaf loaf
FLO4635307 Costume of Xhosa (or amaxhosa) (South Africa), musicians in fur cloaks, a hunter in leaf loaf and a woman giving the breast to her baby

Dance Orchestra - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4980853 Dance Orchestra - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Dance Orchestra - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Young women playing shamisen, and drums (tsuzumi and taiko) - Playing shamisen
CSO4979983 Young women playing shamisen, and drums (tsuzumi and taiko) - Playing shamisen, tsudzumi and taiko - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Young women playing shamisen)

Fighting at the Hotel de Ville, 28 July 1830, 1833 (oil on canvas)
JLJ4684718 Fighting at the Hotel de Ville, 28 July 1830, 1833 (oil on canvas) by Schnetz, Jean Victor (1787-1870); Musee du Petit Palais, Paris

397488 by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); JMK Archiv, Bremen, Germany; JMK Archiv

Pantomimes Lumineuses, 1892 (lithography)
397487 Pantomimes Lumineuses, 1892 (lithography) by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); JMK Archiv, Bremen, Germany; (add.info.: Musee Grevin, Pantomimes Lumineuses, Theatre Optique de E)

Le hing-kou, tambourin chinois et japonais (engraving)
3645194 Le hing-kou, tambourin chinois et japonais (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le hing-kou, tambourin chinois et japonais)

Masaks of Fawns and Bacchante, Thyrsuses, one with a top of ivy leaves the other with a pine cone, Amphorae, Tambourin
5200780 Masaks of Fawns and Bacchante, Thyrsuses, one with a top of ivy leaves the other with a pine cone, Amphorae, Tambourin, Cymbals, Rhytons or drinking horns, Patera, the Jynx

Fol. 50v Page of text with a border detail of a musician making his dog dance
XIR218211 Fol.50v Page of text with a border detail of a musician making his dog dance, from Heures de l Usage de Rome (vellum) by French School, (16th century); Musee National de la Renaissance

The skeleton of Death leads a young Recruit to join the Army, leaving his girl and family behind
FLO4690453 The skeleton of Death leads a young Recruit to join the Army, leaving his girl and family behind. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

The Tambourine Player
WH48849 The Tambourine Player by Godward, John William (1861-1922); Private Collection; Photo eWhitford & Hughes, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Exodus 15 1-19 The Song of Moses, from the Nuremberg Bible (Biblia Sacra Germanaica
STC67479 Exodus 15 1-19 The Song of Moses, from the Nuremberg Bible (Biblia Sacra Germanaica) (coloured woodcut) by German School

I : Mlle Fischer, artist from 1900s - alphabet in postcard, 1904 (postcard)
DUV4221557 I : Mlle Fischer, artist from 1900s - alphabet in postcard, 1904 (postcard) by Reutlinger Studio (1850-1937); 14x9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Art. Entertainment. The animated scale models, show at the Alcazar d Hiver, Paris
3434492 Art. Entertainment. The animated scale models, show at the Alcazar d Hiver, Paris. Poster by Jules Cheret, France, 1890 (poster) by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle)

Carnival in the streets of Paris Painting by Etienne Jeaurat (1699-1789) 1757
JLJ4644392 Carnival in the streets of Paris Painting by Etienne Jeaurat (1699-1789) 1757. Dim 0, 65 x 0, 82 m Paris, Musee Carnavalet by Jeaurat, Etienne (1699-1789); Musee de la Ville de Paris

The Tamborine Dancer (Nina Constantinova) (" Danseuse au Tambourin" ) Date: 1924

Val d Ossau muscians
Val d Ossau men playing traditional local instruments to accompany dances. On the right we have a fiddler with his fiddle and on the right

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"Tambourin: A Rhythmic Journey through Art and Entertainment" Step into the vibrant world of "Tambourin, " where art, revolution, and entertainment converge. From Gustaf Wappers' iconic painting depicting the intense fighting at the Hotel de Ville in 1830 to Pantomimes Lumineuses' captivating lithography in 1892, this rhythmic instrument takes center stage across various mediums. In Wappers' masterpiece, we witness a pivotal episode during the Belgian Revolution of 1830. The square of Brussels City Hall becomes a battleground as citizens fight for their freedom. Amidst chaos, a tambourin player's beats echo through the air, symbolizing resilience and unity. Moving forward to Pantomimes Lumineuses' lithography, we encounter Le hing-kou - a Chinese and Japanese tambourin engraving that bridges cultures. Its intricate design showcases an amalgamation of artistic influences from both nations, celebrating diversity and harmony. Delving deeper into history, an enchanting engraving reveals Masaks adorned with fawns and Bacchante figures alongside thyrsuses topped with ivy leaves or pine cones. Amphorae stand tall while cymbals clash harmoniously with tambourins. This lively scene captures the essence of ancient Bacchanalian processions where music played an integral role in celebration. Turning our attention to Fol. 50v page within a text border detail featuring a musician making his dog dance; we see how even animals were mesmerized by the infectious rhythm produced by tambourins throughout time. However, not all tales told by this instrument are joyous ones. In Thomas Rowlandson's hand-colored copperplate engraving titled "The skeleton of Death leads a young Recruit to join the Army, " we witness heart-wrenching separation as war beckons one away from loved ones towards uncertainty. Yet amidst despair lingers hope – perhaps embodied by distant tambourin beats, reminding the recruit of his resilience and determination.