Artist: Gerard Ter Borch
Date: 1667
Size: 67 x 57 cm
Museum: National Gallery (London, United Kingdom)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
This anecdotal scene depicts a young woman playing a lute in the company of two men. The instrument is a two-headed lute, a popular modification of the standard lute to accommodate additional bass strings. One of the men holds a music book and seems to mark the beat of the music with his upraised hand.The association between music and love is a frequent subject in Dutch genre painting. Here, as in many of ter Borch
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