Parrasio Micheli
Young Woman Playing a Lute

ArtistItalian (Venetian), c. 1516–1578
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Young Woman Playing a Lute
Datec. 1570
PlaceItaly
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions37 1/2 × 32 3/4 in. (95.3 × 83.2 cm)
Frame: 45 7/8 × 41 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (116.5 × 105.4 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1978.23
Current Location
Rienzi
Isla'S Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceCecil Amelia Blaffer Foundation; transferred to the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1978.
Exhibition History"Italian Renaissance Masters," Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, January 25–May 20, 2001.

"Great European Paintings on Musical Themes," Price Tower Art Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, May 9–July 28, 2002.

"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.

"Italian Renaissance," The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, December 1, 2004–February 25, 2005.

"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.

"Picturing the Senses in European Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 10–July 17, 2011.

"Early Modern Faces," Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, March 27– June 29, 2014.

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