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Results for "Man playing the lute as a woman looks on"11 records

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Mirror Handle with a Woman Playing the Lute by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mirror Handle with a Woman Playing the Lute

Unrecorded maker

6th–7th century · Chlorite schist

Cleared · Public Domain

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Portrait of a Woman by Quinten Massys, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman

Quinten Massys (d. 1530)

ca. 1520 · Oil on wood

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Couple Addressed by a Lute Player, plate 2 from "The Masquerades" by Jacques de Gheyn II, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Couple Addressed by a Lute Player, plate 2 from "The Masquerades"

Jacques de Gheyn II (d. 1629)

1595–96 · Engraving; first state of three

Cleared · Public Domain

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Woman Playing a Guitar by Simon Vouet, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman Playing a Guitar

Simon Vouet (d. 1649)

ca. 1618 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Nun, from "Dance of Death" by Wenceslaus Hollar, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Nun, from "Dance of Death"

Wenceslaus Hollar (d. 1677)

[1651] late 18th century printing · Etching; second state of four

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier by Gerard ter Borch the Younger, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier

Gerard ter Borch the Younger (d. 1681)

ca. 1658 · Oil on wood

Cleared · Public Domain

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Young Woman with a Lute by Johannes Vermeer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Young Woman with a Lute

Johannes Vermeer (d. 1675)

ca. 1662–63 · Oil on canvas

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Man Seated on a Block, Playing a Lute

David Teniers the Younger (d. 1690)

17th century · Etching

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Man Seated on a Wooden Block, Playing the Lute (reverse copy)

David Teniers the Younger (d. 1690)

after 1630 · Etching

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Man playing the lute as a woman looks on

J. Barbier

1826 · Lithograph

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Woman playing a lute in the meadow

Hans Thoma (d. 1924)

1893 · Lithograph in black and green-gray ink on vellum paper

In copyright

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