# Portrait of a Man Playing a Lute

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PASSEROTTI, Bartolomeo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/passerotti-bartolomeo-r3462ebb04c2dff>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 77 x 60 cm

## Commentary

Between 1575 and the early 1580s, Passerotti was Bologna&#39;s pre-eminent painter. He produced many altarpieces while also painting genre scenes. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 2 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/16\_cent/milano\_lute.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Francesco da Milano: Tre fantasie for lute&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

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## Attribution

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