Portrait of a Cello Player, Giacomo Ceruti, between 1745 and 1750

"in contrast to an "idealized" portrait of a musician, as can be seen in perfect form in the portrait of christoph willibald von gluck (inventory no. Gg 1795), the lombard portrait art of the time lives from everyday situations and an unvarnished, sometimes even trivial, facial expression. Individuality is to be defined precisely by this earthly realism and not by the demonstration of social status. " [1]. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: between 1745 and 1750. Dimensions: height: 92 cm (36.2 in) ; width: 74 cm (29.1 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Unidentified man. Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum. Giacomo Ceruti - Portrait of a Cellist