# Portrait of a Violinist

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VALLAYER-COSTER, Anne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vallayer-coster-anne-rda21dfb82eebd6>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 116 x 96 cm

## Commentary

This painting reflects the influence of the artist&#39;s predecessor, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, whom she admired for his highly sensitive interpretation of art. It demonstrates a poetic and psychological approach for a portrait. &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 \(streaming mp3, 15 minutes\):&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/tartini\_concerto.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Giuseppe Tartini: Violin concerto in A Major&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

## Related artworks

- [A Hound with Dead Game in a Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vallayer-coster-anne-rda21dfb82eebd6/a-hound-with-dead-game-in-a-landscape-rdf43ab13c4ab3e>)
- [Attributes of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vallayer-coster-anne-rda21dfb82eebd6/attributes-of-painting-sculpture-and-architecture-rbcb9dd724cce62>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vallayer-coster-anne-rda21dfb82eebd6/bouquet-of-flowers-in-a-vase-r7f2cd2c3e6bbbb>)
- [Still-Life of Flowers in a Vase with a Shell](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vallayer-coster-anne-rda21dfb82eebd6/still-life-of-flowers-in-a-vase-with-a-shell-rec339f0104d014>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vallayer-coster-anne-rda21dfb82eebd6/still-life-r3663b5fa7a7a45>)
- [Still-Life with Musical Instruments](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vallayer-coster-anne-rda21dfb82eebd6/still-life-with-musical-instruments-rd85c8d0dbd0902>)
- [Still-Life with Tuft of Marine Plants, Shells and Corals](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vallayer-coster-anne-rda21dfb82eebd6/still-life-with-tuft-of-marine-plants-shells-and-corals-r2c36cc17e511e9>)

## Attribution

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