Objekt 1
The Ryhiner-Leissler family making music, 1757
Description
Image right:
Father Emanuel Ryhiner-Leissler (cello) and older son Achilles Ryhiner-Delon (violin) and servant François.
Picture left:
Mother Elisabeth Ryhiner-Leissler and younger son Emanuel Ryhiner-Thurneysen (spinet).
The spinet shows striking similarities to the Basel instruments of father Peter Fridrich Brosi and son Johann Jacob Brosy.
The significance of the two paintings lies in the depiction of the almost life-size persons playing music in a Basel interior - probably in the former Ryhiner country house, Riehenstr. 154.
Object description
Joseph Esperlin (1707-1775)
Basel, 1757, dated
Oil on canvas
H. 182 cm; W. 256 cm
Bequest Alfred Karl German La Roche-Fetscherin,
Basel
Inv. no. 1996.311. (picture right) 312. (picture left)
For further information see screen room 13