Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
A man tunes a lute with great concentration, plucking a single string with one hand and turning the tuning peg with the other. Close by, a woman bows a three-stringed rebec--an instrument tuned in fifths like a violin, usually used to play dance music. The costly braiding decorating the man’s coat, and his tight-fitting stockings and pointed wooden sandals suggest the clothing of the courtly class at end of the 15th century. The engraving has been interpreted as depicting marital harmony and longstanding fidelity.
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Lucas van Leyden — The Musicians
Lucas van Leyden — The Musicians (copy)
Jan van de Velde II|Esaias van de Velde — Two Elegantly Dres
Jacques Dassonville — The country musicians
Maerten van Geelkercken — Paartje aan een tafel
Heinrich Aldegrever — Two Musicians Playing the Violin and t
Marco San Martino — Shepherd and Shepherdess, Playing Flute
Israhel van Meckenem — Lute Player and Harpist, from Scenes 
Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1590–1656) — Musical Scene
Hendrick Goltzius — Spring, Drawing for Engraving of the Sam
Lucas van Leyden — The Pilgrims
Guido Reni — The Holy Family with Scriptural Scene in Backgr
