Portrait of a Musician

Portrait of a Musician

Artist	Leonardo da Vinci
Year	1490
Type	Oil on wood panel
Dimensions	45 cm × 32 cm (18 in × 13 in)
Location	Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan

Portrait of a Musician is an oil on wood painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci by some scholars. It was probably painted in 1490.

The man in the painting was at one time thought to be Franchino Gaffurio, who was the maestro di cappella of the Milanese Cathedral. Although some believe it to be a portrait of Gaffurio, others think the man is anonymous. The piece of paper he holds is at least one part of a musical score; it has notes written on it. The painting was greatly restored and repainted, and Leonardo probably left the portrait unfinished but close to completion.

The man is positioned in a three-quarter position and he is holding a partition sheet. The musician stares at something outside the spectator's field of vision. Compared to the detailed face of the musician, the red hat, his tunic and his hair seem to be painted by a completely other painter. Art historians have recognized the fine art of da Vinci in the young man's face, though the partition sheet and his hand may have been added onto the original work.

Siegfried Woldhek, a Dutch illustrator, has claimed that 'Portrait of a Musician' is one of three self-portraits by Leonardo. ^[1]

References

↑ TED2008. "''Siegfried Woldhek shows how he found the true face of Leonardo''". Ted.com. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

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Paintings	Medusa **The Annunciation **The Baptism of Christ The Madonna of the Carnation Ginevra de' Benci Benois Madonna The Adoration of the Magi St. Jerome in the Wilderness **Madonna Litta The Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre version) Portrait of a Musician Lady with an Ermine **The Virgin of the Rocks (London version) *La Belle Ferronnière *Salvator Mundi **Madonna of the Yarnwinder (two versions) The Virgin and Child with St. Anne Mona Lisa *Head of a Woman (La Scapigliata) Leda and the Swan St. John the Baptist

Works on walls	The Last Supper **Sala delle Asse The Battle of Anghiari

Sculptures	Sforza monument (unexecuted) *Horse and Rider

Works on paper	Vitruvian Man *Portrait of a Young Fiancée The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist Self-portrait Studies of the Fetus in the Womb

Manuscripts	Codex Arundel Codex Atlanticus Codex on the Flight of Birds Codex Leicester Codex Madrid Codex Trivulzianus Codex Urbinas

Other projects	De divina proportione Architonnerre Leonardo's crossbow Leonardo's fighting vehicle Leonardo's robot Leonardo's self-propelled cart Viola organista

Leonardeschi	Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio Cesare da Sesto Giampietrino Giovanni Agostino da Lodi Bernardino Luini Cesare Magni Marco d'Oggiono Francesco Melzi Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis Salaì Andrea Solari

Posthumous fame	Cultural references Mona Lisa replicas and reinterpretations Things named after Leonardo

Wikimedia	Leonardo da Vinci at Wikimedia Commons Leonardo da Vinci at Wikiquote

Key: Attributed *Collaboration with other artists Lost

Authority control	GND: 7743326-9

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