# The Lutenist

- By: Hendrick Martensz Sorgh (Rotterdam, 1609–1670)
- Date: 1661
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 51.2 cm x width 38.2 cm
- Credit line: Dupper Wzn. Bequest, Dordrecht
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-495--3aab11b0587d66dad8081823d9096a04)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/33fd46122e3320f46bf22702bbd153a5.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A young man is singing and playing the lute on an open veranda. Where the woman’s thoughts have wandered is a mystery. The music and the theme of the paramours Pyramus and Thisbe in the painting in the background suggest that harmonious love is the subject. Yet the work may also be a warning against impulsive lust. Both interpretations are equally valid.