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Music at court: instrumentalists of the Bavarian Court Chapel in 1565, under Roland de Lassus. Each man and boy is carefully and solemnly depicted. With this imposing picture (and another, of an equally large group of court singers), the duke showed off the size and distinction of his retinue — a reflection, of course, of his own glory. De Agostini Picture Library/The Bridgeman Art Library.