# Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TERBORCH, Gerard]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on wood ## Commentary Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier \(detail\) c. 1658 Oil on wood Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The figure of the theorbo player recalls the young woman in blue who plays alone at a table in <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/t/terborch/1/suitor.html'\)" href="/html/t/terborch/1/suitor.html">The Suitor's Visit</a> of about 1658. <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 \(streaming mp3, 14 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/handel\_theorbo.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>George Frideric Handel: Concerto for harp, lute and theorbo in B flat major</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Concert]() - [A Lady Reading a Letter]() - [A Woman Spinning]() - [A Young Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men]() - [An Officer Writing a Letter]() - [Boy Ridding his Dog of Fleas]() - [Burgomaster Jan van Duren]() - [Card-Players]() - [Curiosity]() - [Helena van der Schalcke as a Child]() - [Lady at her Toilette]() - [Lady Reading a Letter \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()