Skip to main content

Young woman tuning a lute: PD.41-2010

An image of Painting
View image details Mirador icon - view image Mirador deep zoom IIIF Manifest IIIF Manifest Slow looking

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Painting
An image of Painting
Current Location: Gallery 15: Dutch Gallery

Titles

Young woman tuning a lute

Maker(s)

Painter: Brugghen, Hendrick ter

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: W. Jo. Ring, Hove; Christie's, 2 April 1954, lot 140 (as G. Terborg); the Arcade Gallery; Benedict Nicholson; Vanessa Nicholson

Legal notes

Bought from the Gow Fund with contributions from the Art Fund, the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Matthiesen Foundation and the Orbis Pictus Trust.

Measurements and weight

Height: 71 cm
Width: 91.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (2010) by The Gow Fund

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1626 CE - 1627 CE

Materials used in production

Oil

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting : Oil on canvas

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.41-2010
Primary reference Number: 178371

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 5 December 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Young woman tuning a lute" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/178371 Accessed: 2025-12-05 08:51:10

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/178371 |title=Young woman tuning a lute |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 08:51:10|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-178371

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp60/PD_41_2010.jpg"
        alt="Young woman tuning a lute"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Young woman tuning a lute</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo