Music-Making Couple
by DUYSTER, Willem Cornelisz., Oil on oak, 43 x 36 cm
In this painting a pensive, richly dressed young woman is listening to a lutenist who has his back to her. Rather than appearing to be a marital portrait, this picture may instead come closer to a genre scene.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 17 minutes):
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, suite