PASSEROTTI, Bartolomeo
(b. 1529, Bologna, d. 1592, Bologna)

Portrait of a Man Playing a Lute

1576
Oil on canvas, 77 x 60 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Between 1575 and the early 1580s, Passerotti was Bologna's pre-eminent painter. He produced many altarpieces while also painting genre scenes.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 2 minutes):
Francesco da Milano: Tre fantasie for lute