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Gallot, Jacques (c. 1625-1695)

Portrait of a Lutenist

18th century. 12" h x 9" w. In very good condition.
Portrait of lutenist/composer Jacques Gallot.

The attribution on the etching states it is by Robert Brichet (fl. 1775-1790) after a portrait by sixteenth-century artist Anthony Van Dyck. That portrait has since been reattributed to Flemish painter Jan van Reyn (c. 1610-1678) and its subject identified as lutenist and composer Jacques Gallot (1625-1695). The portrait was painted c. 1640 and is currently in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

The caption, Du Cabinet de Mr. Poullain, references an art catalog published in Paris in 1781.

Jacques Gallot was a French lutenist and composer who came from a family of French lutenists and composers. He was among the first to develop the tombeau, a musical composition that commemorates a notable person's death. His work also includes a lute method, which he published in Paris.

As per the British Museum: Collection de cent-vingt estampes gravées d'après les tableaux & dessins qui composoient le Cabinet de M. Poullain' (or 'Cabinet Poullain'), a series of 120 plates reproducing Poullain's collection of drawings & paintings, executed under the direction of Basan by various artists and published in association with Poignant in 1781; none of the artists' names are recorded in the text accompanying the plates.
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