The musicians

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571-1610)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1597
Height:
92.1 cm  (36 1/4 in.)
Width:
118.4 cm  (46 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Description

A lute player, cornett player (which scholars generally agree is a self-portrait) and a singer are to the right of Cupid. The singer holds up a page of madrigal music; a violino piccolo lies at the singer's left, alongside additional music pages.

People as subjects

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571-1610) (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violino piccolo [6722]
Lute [3394]
Cornett [3868]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Christiansen, Keith. "Caravaggio and 'L'esempio davanti del naturale'", Art Bulletin 68 (1986) 421-445.

RIdIM record id

5398