# A Musician Playing a Lute to a Singing Girl [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [RÉGNIER, Nicolas]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 97 x 132 cm ## Commentary Régnier is documented in Rome from 1620. His paintings from his Roman period are markedly Caravaggesque in subject matter and style. The subject of music in painting had always been represented since the 16th century but it was in Rome, at the time of Caravaggio, that these scenes changed dramatically and that music per se became the central theme of pictures. Here the lute-player and singer each play and sing convincingly, and Régnier's accuracy in depicting both the instrument and the musical scores is impressive. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 10 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/monteverdi\_madrigal.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Claudio Monteverdi: Charming Angioletta, madrigal</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Cardsharps and Fortune Teller \(detail\)]() - [Cardsharps and Fortune Teller]() - [Guessing Game]() - [Self-Portrait with a Portrait on an Easel \(detail\)]() - [Self-Portrait with a Portrait on an Easel]() - [St John the Baptist]() - [St Sebastian]() - [St Sebastian Tended by Irene and Her Servant]() - [The Death of Sophonisba]() - [The Fortune Teller]() - [Vanitas \(Allegory of Transience\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()