BABUREN, Dirck van
(b. ca. 1595, Wijk bij Duurstede, d. 1624, Utrecht)

Man Playing a Jew's Harp

1621
Oil on canvas, 65 x 53 cm
Centraal Museum, Utrecht

The representation of popular music, played mainly in the street and featuring instruments which were typical of this type of music, appeared in Rome in the 1620s emerging from Flemish and French painting. The most important examples of this genre include the very early Man Playing a Jew's Harp by Baburen.




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