# The Happy Violinist with a Glass of Wine [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HONTHORST, Gerrit van]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 83 x 68 cm ## Commentary The Happy Violinist with a Glass of Wine c. 1624 Oil on canvas, 83 x 68 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This image has great expressive force, basically achieved through the characterization of the face with its unrefined features, and in the spontaneous gesture which suggests the effects of the wine. The subject of the drinker as well as the artist's approach to this theme suggests the influence not so much of Caravaggio as of one of his followers, in particular Manfredi, who was an imitator of Caravaggio and seems to have invented the <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/manfredi/bacchus.html'\)" HREF="/html/m/manfredi/bacchus.html">subjects of drinkers,</A> taverns and soldiers. <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 \(streaming mp3, 5 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/nicolai\_windsor\_drinking.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor \(The Merry Wives of Windsor\), drinking song</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Merry Group behind a Balustrade \(detail\)]() - [A Merry Group behind a Balustrade]() - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Childhood of Christ]() - [Christ before the High Priest \(detail\)]() - [Christ before the High Priest]() - [Concert on a Balcony]() - [Convival Fellow]() - [Frederick Hendrick, Prince of Orange, with His Wife Amalia van Solms and Their Three Youngest Daughters]() - [Granida and Daifilo]() - [Lute Player]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()