Pifferari by Jean-Léon Gérôme

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the artwork from someone who had childhood dreams of shopping in musical instrument stores full of odd and wonderful things like these!

David - Ode to Joy on the "zampogne" - loved it, thank you for the you tube link!

wonderful picture, thanks tweegan ....also thanks to david , I did not know the name of this instrument

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSX7XeIrBss

Love the vibrant colors. Wonder what the instruments' sound is like.

The Italian bagpipes (Zampogna). Interesting how closely this scene matches the pair in the third photograph in the Wikipedia article about the instruments:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zampogna

Me, too, twoclubs!

Very nice painting. Thank you Tweegan. I like the play of light and shadow on the boys.