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The lady on the left holds the neck of a lute, and turns to look at us as though we have disturbed their playing. Her companion continues to play energetically, her arms spread around her instrument, while their friend, also unaware of our presence, continues to hold up the music. The score is for the lute as there are no words. If they are singing, it must be by heart.
The treatment of the subject is close to Palma Vecchio’s Three Sisters (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden), but the style of the work suggests that it may be by an artist from Friuli.
Title
A Concert
Date
mid-1520s
Medium
Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
Measurements
H 90.8 x W 122.2 cm
Accession number
NG2903
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Lady Lindsay, 1912
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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