De luitspeler

Bijlert, Jan van (born ca. 1597, died 1671)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1630-1640
Height:
18.0 cm  (7 1/16 in.)
Width:
18.0 cm  (7 1/16 in.)
signed up right: Jv Bijlert. fec. (Jv monogrammed)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel
Place of creation:
Utrecht
School:
Utrecht Caravaggism

Additional titles

Man playing the lute by an oil lamp

    Item location

  • Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
    [Museum inv. no.: SK-A-1338]

Description

A man seated at a table plays the lute in the light of an oil lamp.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images


Rijksmuseum image

Image URLs

image link 1
Rijksmuseum record

Bibliographic references

Huys Janssen, Paul. Jan van Bijlert (1597/98-1671): schilder in Utrecht (Utrecht: University of Utrecht, 1994) 171, n. 102.

RIdIM record id

2891