| The Lute Player | |
|---|---|
| Italian: Suonatore di liuto | |
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| Artist | Caravaggio (controversial attribution) |
| Year | c. 1596 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 100 cm × 126.5 cm (39 in × 49.8 in) |
| Location | Wildenstein Collection |
The Lute Player is a composition by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio. It used to exist in two versions, one in the Wildenstein Collection and another in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. A third version, which was kept for 275 years at Badminton House, Gloucestershire, came to light in 2001, and which today is understood to be the original version. The Hermitage and the Badminton House versions were exhibited together in 2020 at the Galleria Borghese.[1]