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Violin Player with a Wine Glass
About the Artwork
Baburen, a native of Utrecht, was among the first to introduce Caravaggio’s revolutionary style to the Netherlands. Half-length figures positioned close to the picture plane project a lively spontaneity. This musician’s loose, colorful dress marks him as a figure at the edges of society, unbound by behavioral norms—associations enhanced by his bold gaze, unshaven face, and cheeky grin complete with broken tooth.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Dirck van Baburen (Dutch, c. 1595–1624)
- Date
- 1623
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 80.4 x 67.1 cm (31 5/8 x 26 7/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Accession no.
- 2018.25
Provenance
-1936: Swiss Private Collector 1936-2017: By inheritance to Swiss Private Collector 22 September 2017: Sale: Zurich (Köller Auktionen), 22 September 2017 -2018: Salomon Lilian, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art 2018-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009542
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