Concert
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Valentin here rethinks the single- or three-figure concert picture popularized by Caravaggio and his followers, augmenting the number and varying the activities of the participants. He retains the associations of music, wine, and love but complicates the subject through his depiction of gesture and glance and the arrival of a gypsy, who we witness pickpocketing a musician. Compromised by past damages, the picture has been transformed by restoration undertaken for this exhibition.
Artwork Details
- Title: Concert
- Artist: Valentin de Boulogne (French, Coulommiers-en-Brie 1591–1632 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1615
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 47 × 62 1/2 in. (119.4 × 158.7 cm)
Frame: 58 7/16 × 73 15/16 × 5 3/4 in. (148.4 × 187.8 × 14.6 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Indianapolis Museum of Art, William A. Zumpfe Memorial Fund
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings