The singing Lute-player by Caravaggio from the Barberini collection, painted for Cardinal del Monte

Author

Mahon, Denis

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1990, Num. 1042, Vol. 132, p. 4-20, 12 ill. (4 col.)

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Presents historical and documentary evidence in support of the identification of a painting purchased by Georges Wildenstein from the Barberini collection (now restored and on loan to the Metropolitan Museum, New York) as the autograph version of Caravaggio's Lute-player painted for Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte and acquired from his estate by Cardinal Antonio Barberini. Compares the Giustiniani version (Leningrad, Hermitage), and draws attention to the recent identification of the subject as a castrato singer, probably a Spaniard named Pedro Montoya.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610
• Painting
• Italy
• Lute Player
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Wildenstein, Georges, 1892-1963
• Collections
• Barberini, Antonio, cardinal, 1607-1671
• Conservation
• Giustiniani, Vincenzo, marchese, 1564-1637
• Patronage
• Montoya, Pedro, act.1592-1597
• Representation

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Peinture
• Italie
• Joueur de luth
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Wildenstein, Georges, 1892-1963
• Collections
• Barberini, Antonio, cardinal, 1607-1671
• Conservation
• Giustiniani, Vincenzo, marchese, 1564-1637
• Mécénat
• Montoya, Pedro, act.1592-1597
• Représentation

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00415587

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