
Stringed instruments in Art
"Guitar, violin, cello are called strings. But the string is just a cable strung between bridge and pegs, on the contrary the wood is alive and the music vibrates circulating in the blood vessels flowing with sap. "
Erri De Luca

Amor vincit Omnia
Caravaggio
(1571-1610)
Gemaldegalerie, Berlino

Strumenti musicali
(Musical Instruments)
Evaristo Baschenis
(1617-1677)
Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium

Natura morta con strumenti musicali e frutta (Still Life with Musical Instruments and Fruit)
Cristoforo Munari
(1667-1720)
Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

Natura morta con strumenti musicali e frutta (Still Life with Musical Instruments and Fruit)
Cristoforo Munari
(1667-1720)
Palazzo Pitti, Firenze

La lezione di Danza
(The Lesson of Dance)
Pietro Longhi
(1701-1785)
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia

Ritratto presunto di Antonio Vivaldi (Portrait presumed by Antonio Vivaldi)
Anonimo
1700 circa
Museo Internazionale e biblioteca della musica
Bologna

Il Violinista
(The Violinist)
Marc Chagall
(1887-1985)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Violinista Verde
(Green violinist)
Marc Chagall
(1887-1985)
Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Violino
(Violin)
Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973)
Museo Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Centro Pompidou
Parigi

Violino con uva
(Violin with grapes)
Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973)
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York