Orazio Gentileschi, The Lute Player, c. 1612/1620, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Title: The Lute Player, c. 1612/1620
Artist: Orazio Gentileschi (1563-1639)
Music is timeless, its melodious notes sounding throughout the centuries, as depicted above by Italian Baroque artist Orazio Gentileschi. In which an unidentified woman, clothed in a stunning golden dress, performs for us.
If only we could actually hear her. Although Gentileschi, through the powers of his visual artistry, enables the contemporary viewer to imagine the long ago song of the lute.
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