A Quartet of Singers, Lute players, and Bell Ringers Playing in a Tavern by Candlelight 1620 - 1628

Leonaert Bramer’s “A Quartet of Singers, Lute Players, and Bell Ringers Playing in a Tavern by Candlelight” (1620-1628) is a pen and ink drawing that depicts four musicians playing in a tavern. The scene is filled with energy as the musicians play their instruments with gusto and passion. Bramer captures the dynamism and expressiveness of the music, and the drawing is a testament to the power of art to convey the beauty and joy of music. The drawing is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.