Frans Hals (1582/3-1666)
The Lute player (Buffoon playing a lute), 1623-1624
Oil on canvas
70 × 62 cm
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This portrait has always invoked anger in me. I dislike the smirking guy!
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I see your lute player and raise you one.
“Flemish artist Theodor Rombouts depicts a lute player tuning his instrument, a veiled reference to striving for harmony in love.”
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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I have a print of this at home. I set it so he’s looking up at this other one.







