Follower of Dirck van Baburen
A man playing a lute
oil on canvas
32 x 26 in. (82.6 x 66.1 cm.)
Lot Essay
The present composition corresponds closely with a drawing by Baburen in the Kupferstichkabinett, Gemldegalerie, Berlin (see B. Nicolson, Caravaggism in Europe, ed. L. Vertova, Turin, 1990, III, no.1059).