# Still-Life with Musical Instruments

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BASCHENIS, Evaristo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 98 x 145 cm

## Commentary

This still-life is a representative work of Evaristo Baschenis. It depicts a conglomeration of musical instruments and books lying in careless abandon atop a crimson damask tablecloth. The warm tonalities of the instruments, which absorb the rich red of the fabric, permeate the painting with an intimate glow. The light streaming from the upper right corner reflects from the polished curved surfaces of the inlaid lute and guitar while accentuating the creamy, sensuously curved pages lying atop and below the spinet.

## Related artworks

- [Agliardi Triptych \(central\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/agliardi-triptych-central-r5819be89d82ac7>)
- [Agliardi Triptych \(left\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/agliardi-triptych-left-re0396373e7d812>)
- [Agliardi Triptych \(right\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/agliardi-triptych-right-rbac010123ecd74>)
- [Boy with a Basket of Bread](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/boy-with-a-basket-of-bread-r406c88c7e4f70c>)
- [Kitchen Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/kitchen-still-life-r7ba2dcd3c95342>)
- [Musical Instruments](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/musical-instruments-r0213e6c8f04fca>)
- [Still-life with Instruments](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/still-life-with-instruments-r98553688bdfd4b>)
- [Still-Life with Musical Instruments and a Small Classical Statue](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/still-life-with-musical-instruments-and-a-small-classical-statue-r9ebb1627629f3a>)
- [Still-Life with Musical Instruments in an Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/still-life-with-musical-instruments-in-an-interior-r3b3e8438f5f39e>)
- [Still-life with Musical Instruments](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/still-life-with-musical-instruments-r87b5d7a18cd344>)
- [Still-Life with Musical Instruments](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baschenis-evaristo-r2a699e9299a86a/still-life-with-musical-instruments-ra91ba2449df73c>)

## Attribution

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