Valentin de Boulogne, 1625 - Lute Player - fine art print

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The greatest French follower of Caravaggio, Valentin was one of the outstanding artists in seventeenth-century Rome. His most frequent subjects are scenes of merriment, with music-making, drinking, and fortune-telling. They are stock Caravaggesque themes, but painted in a direct and vivid style. This canvas, showing a soldier of fortune singing a love madrigal, is unique in Valentin’s career. It is perhaps emblematic of the sobriquet he took in Rome: Amador, Spanish for "lover boy." The painting belonged to the prestigious collection of Cardinal Mazarin, minister to King Louis XIV, and one of the great collectors of the seventeenth century.

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In 1625 Valentin de Boulogne made the artpiece. The more than 390 year-old original measures the dimensions of 50 1/2 x 39 in (128,3 x 99,1 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the European artist as the technique for the masterpiece. This piece of art is included in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital collection, which is located in New York City, New York, United States of America. We are happy to state that the artpiece, which is part of the public domain is being included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund; Director's Fund; Acquisitions Fund; James and Diane Burke and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 2008. Creditline of the artwork: Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund; Director's Fund; Acquisitions Fund; James and Diane Burke and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 2008. Besides this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width. Valentin de Boulogne was a painter from France, whose style was primarily Baroque. The European painter was born in the year 1591 in Coulommiers, Ile-de-France, France and deceased at the age of 41 in 1632 in Rome, Roma province, Lazio, Italy.

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