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Woman Playing a Lute (1700)
~ Giuseppe Maria Crespi
Although Crespi was a fine portrait painter, he is best known for his lively, informally posed scenes of daily life, which influenced artists throughout Europe in the later eighteenth century. At once immediate and timeless, this study of a young woman absorbed in tuning her lute demonstrates Crespi's gift for characterization and for enriching a subtle palette with warm, diffuse light.
Woman Playing a Lute (1700)
~ Giuseppe Maria Crespi
Although Crespi was a fine portrait painter, he is best known for his lively, informally posed scenes of daily life, which influenced artists throughout Europe in the later eighteenth century. At once immediate and timeless, this study of a young woman absorbed in tuning her lute demonstrates Crespi's gift for characterization and for enriching a subtle palette with warm, diffuse light.