This is an early work by Caravaggio, who sought above all toconvey the reality and solidity of the surrounding world. We canalready see the elements of the artist's style which were to havesuch a widespread influence on other artists. The figure of a youngboy dressed in a white shirt stands out clearly against the darkbackground. The sharp sidelighting and the falling shadows give theobjects an almost tangible volume and weight. Caravaggio wasinterested in the uniqueness of the surrounding world, and thereare markedly individual features not only in the youth's face butalso in the objects which make up the still life: the damaged pear,the crack in the lute, the crumpled pages of the music. The melodywritten on those pages is that of a then fashionable song byJacques Arcadelt, "You know that I love you". Love as the theme ofthis work is also indicated by other objects. For instance, thecracked lute was a metaphor for the love that fails, as inTennyson's Idylls of the King: "It is the little rift within thelute, That by and by will make the music mute" (Merlin andVivien).
这是卡拉瓦乔的早期作品，他首先试图传达周围世界的现实和稳定。我们已经可以看到艺术家风格的元素，这些元素对其他艺术家产生了如此广泛的影响。一个穿着白色衬衫的小男孩在黑暗的背景下显得格外突出。锐利的侧倾和下降的阴影给物体一个几乎有形的体积和重量。卡拉瓦乔对周围世界的独特性感兴趣，不仅在年轻人的脸上，而且在构成静物的物体上都有明显的个性特征：受损的梨子，琵琶的裂痕，音乐的皱巴巴的书页。这些页面上的旋律是雅克·阿卡德尔特当时流行的一首歌，“你知道我爱你”。爱作为这部作品的主题，也被其他对象所表达。例如，破裂的琵琶是爱情失败的隐喻，就像丁尼生的“国王的尖锐”一样：“正是琴中的小裂痕使音乐变得静默无声”(梅林和维维安)。
《琵琶手》是意大利巴洛克大师卡拉瓦乔的作曲。它存在于两个版本，一个在威尔顿斯坦收集和另一个在冬宫博物馆，圣彼得堡。2007年，来自格洛斯特郡羽毛球馆的三分之一曝光，但有人质疑它的真实性。
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