Parrasio Micheli
Young Woman Playing a Lute

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Artist Parrasio Micheli (Italian (Venetian), c. 1516–1578)Italian (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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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

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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