Portrait of a Musician Oil on Canvas Italy XVII Century

Features

Artwork title:  Ritratto di musicista

Artistic school:  Italian School

Age:  17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Subject:  Portrait/Face

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Ritratto di musicista

Oil on canvas. Italian school. The man is portrayed while he is writing music on the score placed on the table. At the top left the writing identifies the character: it is Giovanni Francesco Sillani, qualified as "very expert in the art of music". The Sillani or Silani family, originally from Urgnano in the province of Bergamo, was a lineage of organists and composers who held positions in various Bergamo choirs, from the end of the seventeenth century to the first decades of the nineteenth century. The painting, restored and relined, is presented in a relacquered contemporary frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 111
Width: 79
Depth: 3

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 101
Width: 69