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| Artist | After Dou, Gerrit (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1613-1675) |
| Title | Fiddler in a Tavern |
| Alternative/previous titles | Violin Player |
| Date earliest | about 1792 |
| Date latest | about 1900 |
| Material | oil on panel |
| Measurements | 45.3 x 35.5 cm |
| Description | A man in a maroon cap and jerkin plays a violin; background figures appear beneath a vaulted ceiling. This painting is a later copy, probably by an English artist, of Gerrit Dou's Violin Player in the Princely Collections, Vaduz Castle, Liechtenstein. |
| Subject | figure; everyday life |
| Collection | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery |
| Current accession number | FA000460 |
| Acquisition details | Unknown. |
| Notes |
Gerrit Dou's original Violin Player (Princely Collections, Vaduz Castle, Liechtenstein) is illustrated in Baer, R. Gerrit Dou 1613-1675: Master Painter in the Age of Rembrandt, cat. no. 20, p. 104. It is interesting that the artist has added grape vines to the exterior of the window, which can also be seen in a further copy by G. Thorne, sold at Sotheby's. |
| Rights status | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery |
| Author | Timothy Williams |
