The Lute Player (Cariani)

{{Short description|Painting by Giovanni Cariani}}

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| title = The Lute Player

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| wikidata = Q38508357

| image = Luth player-Giovanni Busi mg 9983.jpg

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| artist = Giovanni Cariani

| year = circa 1515–1516

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| medium = oil on canvas

| movement = Italian Renaissance
Cinquecento

| subject = An anonymous young man playing a lute

| height_metric = 71

| width_metric = 65

| dimensions_ref = {{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Alain |title=De Giotto à Goya. Peintures italiennes et espagnoles du musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg |date=June 2017 |publisher=Musées de la ville de Strasbourg |isbn=978-2-35125-151-5 |pages=122–123}}

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| museum = Musée des Beaux-Arts

| city = Strasbourg

| accession = 1891

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The Lute Player is a 1514-1516 oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Cariani, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 236.{{cite book |last1=Jacquot |first1=Dominique |title=Le musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Cinq siècles de peinture |date=2006 |publisher=Musées de Strasbourg |location=Strasbourg |isbn=2-901833-78-0 |pages=60–61}}