Image Credits and References:

Image Credits and References:

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, The Musicians, 1597, oil on canvas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ottavio Mario Leoni, Cardinal Francesco del Monte, drawing, Artstor.

Giuseppe Vasi, Palazzo Madama, plate etching.

Titian, The Concert, 1510-11, oil on canvas, Palazzo Pitti.

Caravaggio, Boy with a Basket of Fruit, 1593, oil on canvas,

Caravaggio, Bacchus, 1595, oil on canvas, Uffizi Gallery.