The lutenist

Sorgh, Hendrik Martensz. (born 1609 or 1611, died 1670)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1661
Height:
51.5 cm  (20 1/4 in.)
Width:
38.5 cm  (15 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on panel

Additional titles

De luitspeler

    Item location

  • Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
    [Museum inv. no.: SK-A-495]

Description

A young man is singing and playing the lute on an open veranda, with a woman seated and listening on his left. A dog and cat are resting on the floor. The music and the theme of the paramours Pyramus and Thisbe in the painting in the background suggest that harmonious love is the subject.

Iconclass

48C7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Theorboed-lute (double-headed)

RIdIM images


Rijksmuseum image

Image URLs

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Rijksmuseum record
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Bibliographic references

Burgers, Jan W.J. The lute in the Dutch Golden Age: Musical culture in the Netherlands 1580-1670 (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2013) plate 22. ISBN 9789089645524. OCLC 861789689.

RIdIM record id

4380