Senior cu violă
From the collection of National Museum of Art of Romania
From the collection of National Museum of Art of Romania
Senior cu violă is a work by Jacques-Henri-Jean Lambert, depicting lute, held at National Museum of Art of Romania.
A man in old-fashioned clothes stands on a patterned floor, playing a lute. His outfit has ruffled collars, a green jacket, and white stockings. Behind him, a dark wall holds a small framed picture and a curtained window. Notice how his face is lit from the side, while the rest stays shadowy. That’s a trick artists use to make things look three-dimensional. Look up chiaroscuro next to see how this works in other paintings.
