MASTER of Female Half-lengths
(active 1530-1540 in Antwerp)

Three Young Women Making Music with a Jester

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Oil on oak panel, 64 x 90 cm
Private collection

Like in other paintings attributed to the Master of the Female Half-lengths, music-making ladies in lavish costume bedecked with ornaments and jewels are depicted in the present painting. A flautist, a lutenist and a singer form the principal figure group in the work.