Portrait of a Man with a Sheet of Music
about 1620
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 173.7 × 130.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137004
Facing the viewer, a bearded man in theatrical clothing poses in front of a loosely painted, classicizing backdrop. He holds a sheet of music in his left hand and with his right hand points at an overturned bowl in the foreground, a *vanitas* symbol that refers to the emptiness of material possessions. Intense eyes set in an expressive face watch the viewer while he gestures. In the lower right-hand corner, two young men, perhaps admirers, watch with interest. The bearded man may have been a singer or actor shown in a role from a play; his informality also suggests that he may have been a friend of the artist, Domenico Fetti.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- about 1620 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
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