The Violinist

1660-1669 (Baroque)

23.8 cm 30.5 cm

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Music is often celebrated in 17th-century Dutch art as a metaphor for love. This theatrically dressed young man tunes his violin while considering the music he will play. It is written for two parts, so "The Violinist" was originally accompanied by a painting of a young woman....

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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, no. 580; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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