De luitspeler

De luitspeler

The theme of the musician painted full screen in half-length enjoyed great popularity from the early 1620s. Baburen was one of the first to bring this theme from Italy to the North. The subject was not only popular in Utrecht, but quickly spread to Haarlem and Leiden as well. For example, Frans Hals painted his famous Lute-playing jester around 1623.

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The theme of the musician painted full screen in half-length enjoyed great popularity from the early 1620s. Baburen was one of the first to bring this theme from Italy to the North. The subject was not only popular in Utrecht, but quickly spread to Haarlem and Leiden as well. For example, Frans Hals painted his famous Lute-playing jester around 1623.

Now in the museum in Collectie Centraal

Title

De luitspeler

Artist

Dirck van Baburen (Wijk bij Duurstede 1595 ca. - 1624 Utrecht)

Dating

1622

Material and technique

olieverf op doek

Object number

11481

Object type

schilderij

Acquisition

aankoop met steun van Vereniging Rembrandt 1955

Dimensions

hoogte 71.2 cm

breedte 58.5 cm

hoogte (met lijst) 91.5 cm

breedte (met lijst) 78.5 cm

diepte (met lijst) 5 cm

Inscriptions and markings

  • signatuur en datering l.b. (met verf): Teod Babu fecit // Anno 1622

More of the same motif

genre, muziek, luit

Documentation

  • 125 jaar openbaar kunstbezit : met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt, Peter Hecht, (Zwolle, 2008), pp. 117-118, met afb. in kleur

  • Bringing Ter Brugghen and Baburen up-to-date, Leonard J. Slatkes, (Bulletin du Musée National de Varsovie, 3-4; 37, 1996), 199-219, p. 200

  • Caesar van Everdingen : Schilder met een vleiende penseel (1616/1617-1678), samenst. en red. Christi M. Klinkert en Yvonne Bleyerveld, (Alkmaar, 2016)

Exhibitions

  • Collectie Centraal, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2023

  • Double Act : Meesterwerken in verf en video, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2022 - 2023

  • Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe, Alte Pinakothek, München, 2019

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.3FC490BA-9C59-4D4D-AF1A-FFF847FB139E

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