Companion piece to the Man Playing a Lute (Inv. 1890-1182, not exhibited). First mentioned in the inventory of the Uffizi in 1704.
Bega was privileged by a well to do father and a mother, who had inherited from her father, Cornelis Van Haarlem (1562 – 1638), a wealth of art that surrounded the child. This was quite literal in...Read more