The violin player

Bijlert, Jan van (born ca. 1597, died 1671) (after a work of)

Item type:

painting

Height:

62.0 cm  (24 7/16 in.)

Width:

52.5 cm  (20 11/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

A man with feathered hat, turned to the left, is playing a pochette while singing.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kit [3571]
Bow [2207]

Bibliographic references

Griseri, A. "Una revisione nella Galleria dell'Accademia Albertina di Torino", Bollettino d'Arte (1958) 79.

Longhi, R. "Ultimi studi sul Caravaggio e la sua cerchia", Proporzioni 1 (1943) 57.

Meijer, Bert W., et al. Repertory of Dutch and Flemish paintings in Italian public collections, vol. 3: Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta (Firenze: Centro Di, 2011) pt. 1 (A-L), 79, n. 29.

Notes

Original painting is RIdIM item 2957

RIdIM record id

3003