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Violin Player with a Wine Glass
Dirck van Baburen1623
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Baburen, a native of Utrecht, was among the first to introduce Caravaggio’s revolutionary style to the Netherlands. Half-length figures positioned close to the picture plane project a lively spontaneity. This musician’s loose, colorful dress marks him as a figure at the edges of society, unbound by behavioral norms—associations enhanced by his bold gaze, unshaven face, and cheeky grin complete with broken tooth.
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- Title: Violin Player with a Wine Glass
- Creator: Dirck van Baburen (Dutch, c. 1595-1624)
- Date Created: 1623
- Physical Dimensions: 80.4 x 67.1 cm (31 5/8 x 26 7/16 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.25
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Fun Fact: Other paintings by Utrecht artists feature the same model, whose extravagant mustache and broken tooth make him instantly recognizable.
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
- Accession Number: 2018.25
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