# Still-Life with a Violinist [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MASTER of the Acquavella Still-Life]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 83 x 118 cm ## Commentary Still-Life with a Violinist c. 1620 Oil on canvas, 83 x 118 cm Private collection A half-length figure of a violinist stands behind a table laden with a large basket filled to overflowing with luxuriant fruit, and a pile of melons \(or pumpkins\), pears, plums and apples. At the centre of the table are two recorders and a musical score, open towards the spectator. The musical score is a madrigal by Cipriano de Rore \(1516-1565\). The painting is the work of two talented artists whose identities are as yet unknown. The violinist was probably executed by a figure painter, whereas the fruit was painted by a still-life specialist known provisionally as the Mater of the Acquavella Still-Life. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()