The Lute Player

Artist Gerard Seghers Flemish, 1591–1651

Datecirca 1620s

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions46 3/4 x 42 1/4 in. (118.7 x 107.3 cm)
Frame: 58 1/4 x 54 1/2 in. (148 x 138.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Virginia Smith Kunstkamer Fund

Object number2016.29

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ProvenanceCreated Flanders [present day Belgium], ca. 1620s. Gustave Mailand (1810– probably 1880); [his sale, Hȏtel Drouot, Paris, May 2–3, 1881, no. 43, as La jeune musicienne, effet de lumière (the young musician, effect of light) by Domenico Feti]. Private collection, Paris; [Christie’s, Paris, September 14, 2016, no. 20, as by Seghers]; sold to NCMA, 2016.

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