The Bagpipe Player

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Artist Follower of Hendrick ter Brugghen(Dutch, c. 1588–1629)Dutch, c. 1588–1629

CultureDutch

Titles

The Bagpipe Player

Datec. 1624

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 35 3/8 × 32 3/4 in. (89.9 × 83.2 cm)
Frame: 39 × 35 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (99.1 × 90.2 × 4.8 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1978.11

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceOsborn Kling, Stockholm; [Christie's, London, June 28, 1935, lot 55]; Ragnar Aschberg, Stockholm, as of 1954; [Schickman Gallery, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1978.
Exhibition History“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

"Old Master paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Beeville Museum of Art, Texas, November 9, 2002–February 12, 2003.

"The Old Masters: Selections from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, May 22–July 6, 2003.

"Masterpieces from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Greater Denton Arts Council, Texas, September 16–October 26, 2006.

"Masterworks from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas, November 11, 2006–March 9, 2007.

"Genre Scenes, Portraits and Still-life: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 16th and 17th Centuries," El Paso Museum of Art, Texas, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

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