# Man Playing a Jew's Harp

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baburen-dirck-van-r4525c7339e56d1/man-playing-a-jews-harp-r6a4e9925ff2f53>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BABUREN, Dirck van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baburen-dirck-van-r4525c7339e56d1>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 65 x 53 cm

## Commentary

The representation of popular music, played mainly in the street and featuring instruments which were typical of this type of music, appeared in Rome in the 1620s emerging from Flemish and French painting. The most important examples of this genre include the very early Man Playing a Jew&#39;s Harp by Baburen.

## Related artworks

- [Apollo Flaying Marsyas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baburen-dirck-van-r4525c7339e56d1/apollo-flaying-marsyas-rf1fb674b229d60>)
- [Christ Washing the Apostles Feet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baburen-dirck-van-r4525c7339e56d1/christ-washing-the-apostles-feet-r37c5a2fe9c65d4>)
- [Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baburen-dirck-van-r4525c7339e56d1/prometheus-being-chained-by-vulcan-r4cc936e18e12f9>)
- [St Sebastian Attended by St Irene and Her Maid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baburen-dirck-van-r4525c7339e56d1/st-sebastian-attended-by-st-irene-and-her-maid-rdd81c96cc6d284>)
- [The Capture of Christ with the Malchus Episode](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baburen-dirck-van-r4525c7339e56d1/the-capture-of-christ-with-the-malchus-episode-r0ce962b14c1b86>)
- [The Entombment of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baburen-dirck-van-r4525c7339e56d1/the-entombment-of-christ-r6ed64d181ed470>)
- [The Procuress](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baburen-dirck-van-r4525c7339e56d1/the-procuress-r7d94eafc76ab15>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)