id: 311773 accession number: 2018.25 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.25 updated: 2023-03-20 10:12:36.418000 Violin Player with a Wine Glass, 1623. Dirck van Baburen (Dutch, c. 1595–1624). Oil on canvas; 80.4 x 67.1 cm (31 5/8 x 26 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2018.25 title: Violin Player with a Wine Glass title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1623 creation date earliest: 1623 creation date latest: 1623 current location: 213 Dutch Painting creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: Netherlands technique: Oil on canvas department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Dirck van Baburen (Dutch, c. 1595–1624) - artist --- measurements: 80.4 x 67.1 cm (31 5/8 x 26 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Swiss Private Collector date: -1936 footnotes: citations: By inheritance to Swiss Private Collector date: 1936-2017 footnotes: citations: Sale: Zurich (Köller Auktionen), 22 September 2017 date: 22 September 2017 footnotes: citations: Salomon Lilian, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -2018 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2018- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Other paintings by Utrecht artists feature the same model, whose extravagant mustache and broken tooth make him instantly recognizable. digital description: Baburen, a native of Utrecht, was among the first to introduce Caravaggio’s revolutionary style to the Netherlands. Half-length figures positioned close to the picture plane project a lively spontaneity. This musician’s loose, colorful dress marks him as a figure at the edges of society, unbound by behavioral norms—associations enhanced by his bold gaze, unshaven face, and cheeky grin complete with broken tooth. wall description: A native of Utrecht, Dirck van Baburen spent several years in Italy and was among the first artists to introduce Caravaggio’s revolutionary style to the Netherlands. From about 1600, the Italian artist’s unsparing naturalism and strong lighting effects had transformed painting throughout Europe. Adopting Caravaggio’s innovations, Baburen positioned his half-length musician so close to the picture plane that he seems to project into our space. Infectious spontaneity and loose, colorful dress marks him as a figure at the edges of society, unbound by behavioral norms—enhanced by his bold gaze, unshaven face, and cheeky grin complete with broken tooth. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Wieseman, Marjorie E. “Acquisitions 2018: European Paintings and Sculpture 1500-1800.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 13-15. page number: Reproduced: P. 13; Mentioned: P. 14. url: Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Burlington Magazine 163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 95, no. 3; mentioned: P. 93 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.25/2018.25_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.25/2018.25_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.25/2018.25_full.tif