A Boy Musician

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A happy young boy with a feather in his cap is depicted playing a fiddle. Yet the jolly tone is contradicted by the skull set on the table, which suggests that the musical subject refers to the transience of life, a frequent theme in Dutch seventeenth-century painting. This painting has been accepted by some experts as the work of Judith Leyster, who may have worked with Frans Hals in her early career. Leyster often depicted small, intimate genre scenes, sometimes with a music theme. The donor, Alfred de Pass (1861–1952), was a Cape Town-born businessman and philanthropist.

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Bristol

Title

A Boy Musician

Medium

oil on oak panel

Measurements

H 27.6 x W 32 cm

Accession number

K1343

Acquisition method

gift from Alfred de Pass in memory of Nora de Pass, 1936

Work type

Painting

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