BEGA, Cornelis
(b. ca. 1631, Haarlem, d. 1664, Haarlem)

The Lute Player

1662
Oil on canvas, 35 x 32 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Satin highlights, characteristic for the Fijnschilders (the most technically refined of the Dutch painters) illuminate this painting.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 2 minutes):
Francesco da Milano: Tre fantasie for lute