Gaspard Netscher (Heidelberg, 1639 – The Hague, 1684) Guitar Player Oil on canvas 39 x 31 cm - Framed 55 x 45 cm With expertise from Prof. Ferdinando Arisi Outside a patrician palace, a woman is depicted sitting while enjoying playing a Baroque guitar. Her depiction, bare-breasted, with a richly sculpted stool and table with figures of cherubs next to her, on which a score and a lute are resting, could be elements that would give the painting a symbolic value, in particular as an allegory of music. The beautiful composition, which we can date around 1670/80, was created by Gaspard Netscher (Heidelberg, 1639 – The Hague, 1684), one of the leading artists of the Flemish Golden Age season, known above all as a portrait painter of many illustrious figures of his time, including William of Orange and Mary II of England and Madame de Montespan. His production consists mostly of small but elegant portraits in which one perceives the influence of French painting and often set outdoors, in elegant gardens illuminated by the light of evening, and enriched by elaborate sculptural works. In our case, this propensity is identified in the typically Baroque richness of the two furnishings, rendered with such precision as to define them as a still life in the painting. For comparative purposes, we list below some works by the painter, similar in iconographic and stylistic choices to ours: - Lute Player, Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/295845 - Portrait of Adriana Sophia van Raesfelt, Private Collection https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/32087 - Portrait of a lady (Anne Stuart?), Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/305078 - Portrait of a lady in a garden, Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/16022 Netscher's works can be found in various collections around the world, in museums such as the Uffizi Gallery, the Colonna Gallery in Rome, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the Louvre in Paris, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Excellent condition. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The painting is sold complete with a pleasant gilded wooden frame and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and a descriptive iconographic sheet. We handle and organize the transport of purchased works, both for Italy and abroad, through professional and insured carriers. Please contact us for any information, we will be happy to answer you. In the event that the work is purchased by non-Italian customers, it will be necessary to obtain an export permit which takes approximately 10/20 days, our gallery will take care of the entire phase up to obtaining it. All costs of this operation are included. Follow us too on: https://www.instagram.com/galleriacastelbarco/?hl=it https://www.facebook.com/galleriacastelbarco/