A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp. largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin (1902) (14596915448)

A gentleman playing the guitar to his mistress - Tiziano Vecelli Identifier: cu31924020492777 (find matches) Title: A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp. largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors: Fitzwilliam Museum Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927 Earp, F. R. (Frank Russell), 1871-1955 Subjects: Painters Painting Publisher: Cambridge, University press Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: the greatest of Venetian painters and his influence onItalian painting was wide, but he left no pupil of eminence. III. 129. A gentleman playing the guitar to his mistress. On acouch spread with a dull crimson cloth reclines in foreground from 1.to r., and turned on her 1. side, a woman nude but for a gauze partlycovering her loins, gold chain bracelets, and a pearl necklace andear-rings. She supports herself by her 1. elbow on a cushion, andraises her head to look round at a little winged Cupid standing at herpillow, who from behind is about to crown her with a wreath of roses.Her r. hand is laid on her thigh, in her drooping 1. she holds a flute:in the front corner of the picture r. are a violoncello and some musicbooks. On the couch at her feet sits playing the guitar, with his backturned to the spectator, a young man wearing a black cap, a blackcloak and a white jacket embroidered with gold, gold-coloured sleevesand trunk-hose, and a sword; his head is turned over his r. shoulder Text Appearing After Image: 129 Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original w