BIJLERT, Jan van
(b. 1597/98, Utrecht, d. 1671, Utrecht)

Bagpipe Player

1635-45
Oil on panel, 42 x 32 cm
Private collection

It has been suggested that this panel may be the pendant to Bijlert's signed Girl with a Cat, now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The sitter in the Baltimore picture is depicted in a similar format and faces left, mirroring the present figure.

The panel is signed upper right corner: J Bijlert. fe: