'Music/Musician' from MikeD: Der Alte Fritz on the Flute
Much like the current President of the United States, Frederick the Great was not only a visionary statesman and the greatest military mind of his era, but also an accomplished musician. He composed over a hundred sonatas and four concertos for the flute. So when trying to tie together military miniature painting with the theme of this challenge round, this Eureka Miniatures vignette in my lead pile seemed like a perfect fit. And it has dogs too!
The figures are apparently inspired by the painting Flute Concert at Sansoucci (which itself wasn't painted until the middle of the 19th century). The figure on the square piano is supposedly Karl Phillipe Emmanuel Bach, the son of the famous composer.
As I sit in front of the fireplace with our own hounds, some Baroque Greatest Hits on the turntable would be a very fine idea
ReplyDeleteGreat work Mike! Love the hounds and the black and white chequer floor is an excellent touch (and hard as hell to do well).
ReplyDeleteLovely figures, nice dogs and great floor!
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Great piece
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Love the tiles!
ReplyDeleteLovely work, right down to the bars on the sheet music!
ReplyDeleteWonderful stuff! I love this vignette and you've done a top notch paint job on it. Kudos for the floor too.
ReplyDeleteOh that is good, great work!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job, Mike! From the minis to the floor, that is some solid work! You even did the sheet music!
ReplyDeletenice work!
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