The Lute Player (Jester with a Lute)

What you see

A musician with dark curly hair is seen up close, from the waist up, with a large lute held across his chest. His right hand plucks the strings by the sound hole; his left, at upper right, presses the neck, which runs off the edge of the picture. He turns his head and gazes upward to the right, eyes wide open.

The red and black of his striped jacket and cap warm the scene against a plain grayish-brown background. The wood of the lute glows in golden tones. Notice the carved rosette over the sound hole, the white collar peeking out from under the jacket and the fingers of his left hand on the frets.