Lute Player is a painting by Valentin de Boulogne which was uploaded on February 8th, 2017.
Lute Player
The greatest French follower of Caravaggio, Valentin was one of the outstanding artists in seventeenth-century Rome. His most frequent subjects are... more
Title
Lute Player
Artist
Valentin de Boulogne
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The greatest French follower of Caravaggio, Valentin was one of the outstanding artists in seventeenth-century Rome. His most frequent subjects are scenes of merriment, with music-making, drinking, and fortune-telling. They are stock Caravaggesque themes, but painted in a direct and vivid style. This canvas, showing a soldier of fortune singing a love madrigal, is unique in Valentin's career. It is perhaps emblematic of the sobriquet he took in Rome Amador, Spanish for "lover boy." The painting belonged to the prestigious collection of Cardinal Mazarin, minister to King Louis XIV, and one of the great collectors of the seventeenth century.
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February 8th, 2017
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