The Lute Player

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The Lute Player is a Baroque genre painting by Dutch artist Dirck van Baburen depicting a musician absorbed in playing a lute, characteristic of the Utrecht Caravaggisti style.

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The Lute Player canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting
genre painting
painting
artForm oil painting
artHistoricalContext Caravaggesque genre scene
artisticStyle Utrecht Caravaggism
surface form: Utrecht Caravaggisti
associatedWith Dutch Golden Age painting
colorPalette strong contrasts of light and dark
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Dirck van Baburen
creatorNationality Dutch
depictionFocus absorption in music
depicts lute
lute player
musician
genre genre painting
influencedBy Caravaggio
languageOfTitle English
lightingStyle dramatic lighting
mainSubject musician playing a lute
movement Baroque
period early 17th century
portrays single half-length figure
school Utrecht Caravaggism
surface form: Utrecht Caravaggisti
subjectActivity playing a lute
subjectGender male figure
theme everyday life scene
music
musical performance
usesTechnique chiaroscuro

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Dirck van Baburen notableWork The Lute Player
van Baburen notableWork The Lute Player
subject surface form: Dirck van Baburen