The Flageolet Player, Louis Le Nain, 1640s
Louis Le Nain, retratoLouis Le NainBélgica, 1851–1936

The Flageolet Player

1640s · Oil painting · 50 × 55.2 cm

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¿Dónde está «The Flageolet Player» hoy? Museo de Victoria y Alberto, Paintings, Room 81, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries, Londres. Sí, expuesta ahora. Comprobado 25 de septiembre de 2026.

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Louis Le Nain (ca. 1600-24 May 1648) was born in Laon and was taught there by a foreign artist, possibly Claude Vignon. He moved to Paris before 1629 with his brother Antoine (ca. 1600-26 May 1648) and Mathieu (ca. 1607- 26 April 1677) with whom he had always worked, settling in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. As they worked together, the attribution of their paintings is still problematic. They ran an important studio in Paris and enjoyed a great success as portrait and genres painters.

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This painting is a fine example of the Le Nain's production of austere genre paintings. It shows a family of three people in an outdoor space, before a 17th century lime-kiln. This composition focuses on labour and pleasure, the old man holds a jug of wine, the young boy is playing the flageolet while the woman is showed with a spindle. The Le Nain were responsible for the introduction of genre paintings in France during the first half of the 17th century but their individual manners are almost indistinguishable and far from easy to determine. The attribution of the present painting oscillates therefore between Louis and Matthieu.

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