The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Portrait of a Musician
c. 1800
(Italian, 1754–1817)
Framed: 72 x 57 x 6.5 cm (28 3/8 x 22 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 43.8 x 60.3 cm (17 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
This unsigned panel depicts an unidentified musician, seen at half-length. He holds a score, which is legible, but not yet identified. The man wears a black coat; plain, high-collared white shirt, and a white cravat, a style broadly fashionably among European elite and bourgeois men in the years around 1800.- Hazlitt Gallery (London, England), sold to Paul J. Vignos, Jr., 1974; Paul J. Vignos, Jr., 1974-2010; [died 2010 (Gates Mills, Ohio)], upon his death, held in trust by the estate; Estate of Paul J. Vignos, Jr., 2010; The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974, Collector's Show.
- {{cite web|title=Portrait of a Musician|url=false|author=Andrea Appiani|year=c. 1800|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2011.46