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| Keywords: Mattheus Wytmans - The Violinist - Walters 37382.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18749303 Creator Mattheus Wytmans Music is often celebrated in 17th-century Dutch art as a metaphor for love This theatrically dressed young man tunes his violin while considering the music he will play It is written for two parts so The Violinist was originally accompanied by a painting of a young woman This is a suggestive invitation to join in a duet On the pedestal to the right stands a statue of the Muse of music Euterpe with her harp as if to inspire their harmonies The soft modeling of the face is in the style of Wytmans's teacher in Utrecht Jan van Bylert but his crisp satins reflect the refined images of courtly life produced throughout the Dutch Republic in the later 1600s between 1660 1669 Baroque oil on panel cm 30 5 23 8 accession number 37 382 21600 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome no 580 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 M W f World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Utrecht Netherlands Walters Art Museum license Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Mattheus Wijtmans Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
