Lute Player

ca. 1625–26

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 50 1/2 x 39 in. (128.3 x 99.1 cm)
Collection no.: 2008.459
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund; Director's Fund; Acquisitions Fund; James and Diane Burke and Mark Fisch and Rachel Davidson Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 2008. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0; compressed study reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Lute Player — Valentin de Boulogne. ca. 1625–26.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 50 1/2 x 39 in. (128.3 x 99.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund; Director's Fund; Acquisitions Fund; James and Diane Burke and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fisch Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 2008.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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