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Gathering in a Tavern (The Guileless Musician)
Valentin de Boulogne French
Not on view
A trio of ne’er-do-wells have lured a guileless youth with the temptations of music and wine, only to rob him. The theme is treated not as street theater, let alone with the buffoonery of the masked actors of the commedia dell’arte, but with the insight of a great poet or writer, such as Cervantes. Glance, gesture, and a sense of human gullibility inform this magical picture.
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