The Lute Player (Caravaggio)

The Lute Player is a composition by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio. It exists in two official versions, one in the Wildenstein Collection and another in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. The Wildenstein version was exhibited for many years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A third version called the Badminton House version is seen as a copy of The Hermitage picture. The Badminton House version was recently exhibited with the Hermitage picture together in 2020 at the Galleria Borghese.