A Boy Playing the Lute

1620s

Meet the ultimate Baroque rockstar! Hendrick Ter Brugghen captures a young musician mid-performance, his face lit up with a cheeky, almost drunken grin as he strums his lute. Dressed in a flamboyant feathered cap and loose, flowing robes, he looks like he's just finished a lively tavern song. Ter Brugghen, a Dutch master who traveled to Italy, brought back Caravaggio's dramatic lighting style, using deep shadows to make this joyful character pop right off the canvas.

Technique: Oil painting

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