The Musicians — Caravaggio (1597)

Caravaggio included a self-portrait as the lute player at left; the painting was commissioned by his first major patron, Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte, for private musical entertainments at his Roman palace.

Caravaggio, 1597 — The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Honest scale — sizes listed in inches — the original is 92.1 × 118.4 cm.
• Source recorded — public-domain master scan, printed on matte stretched canvas, 0.75″ deep. Made to order.

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