Portrait of a violinist
Anne Vallayer-Coster · 1773
Why it's great
A man in a green coat holds a violin as he glances out, with a bow in his hand. Anne Vallayer-Coster was a French painter, and one of the few women admitted to the French Royal Academy of Painting. She was famous for still lifes, and this is an unusual portrait. It's a lovely picture of music.
Where to see it
📍 NationalmuseumStockholm, Sweden
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Anne Vallayer-Coster was born in Paris and became famous for lifelike still-life paintings of flowers, fruit and musical instruments. She was admitted to the French Royal Academy at 26 and also painted portraits. She worked for Queen Marie Antoinette. She died in Paris in 1818.
