Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier (detail)
by TERBORCH, Gerard, Oil on wood
The figure of the theorbo player recalls the young woman in blue who plays alone at a table in The Suitor’s Visit of about 1658.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 14 minutes):
George Frideric Handel: Concerto for harp, lute and theorbo in B flat major