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 lute and flute rest on top of sheet music. This painting was intended to hang above a door, opposite still lifes that represented the other fine arts of painting and sculpture (the two related paintings are in the Musée du Louvre, Paris). Bonvin was part of the 19th-century movement known as Realism. Led by Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), the Realist painters were interested in depicting the world that surrounded them, as well as the popular culture of their time.
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Jacques de Claeuw — Vanitas Still Life
Anthonius Leemans — Still Life with a Copy of De Waere Mercu
Pieter Claesz — Vanitas Still Life with the Spinario
Johannes Vermeer — The Guitar Player
Edwaert Collier — Vanitas Still Life
Johann Friedrich Grueber — Still Life
Caravaggio — The Lute Player
Théodule Ribot (French, 1823–1891) — Singers
Orazio Gentileschi — The Lute Player
John Frederick Peto — The Old Violin
Caravaggio — The Lute Player
Gerard van Kuijl — A Musical Company
