Shown from the waist up behind a forest-green ledge or tabletop, a bearded man with a ruddy complexion strums a six-stringed lute between two, light-skinned people in this horizontal painting. The green ledge runs close to the bottom edge of the canvas, and the people nearly fill the composition. The musician’s body faces us but he looks up and off to our left with gray eyes under arched brows, with lips parted. His long brown hair is covered with a red hat wrapped with a pale, pink band. The ribbon meets in a bow-like form near the front center, and tassels hang to each side. His voluminous…
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A Concert

painter Cariani (Venetian, 1485/1490 - 1547 or after)

c. 1518-1520

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 92 x 130 cm (36 1/4 x 51 3/16 in.) ; framed: 128.8 x 168.1 x 6.4 cm (50 11/16 x 66 3/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Bequest of Lore Heinemann in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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