Антикварный тамбурин с росписью

The antique tambourine is decorated with delicate oil paintings in light, mostly pastel colors in the Rococo style. The image is a portrait of an elegant lady in a pink dress and yellow hat leaning on an architectural wooden currency. This type of painting was associated with the traditions of such Italian and Spanish regions as Sicily, Andalusia, and Catalonia, where folk motifs closely related to their culture, folklore, or religion were usually depicted. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, painted tambourines spread to France. Thus, in the XIX century, tambourines began to be in demand among the aristocracy of Italy and France, representing not so much a musical instrument for the commedia dell'arte theater as a rather exquisite and amazing decoration that pleases the eye.