Portrait of a Young Flautist

Portrait of a Young Flautist or The Flute Player is a c.1540 oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia.[1]

The work was first recorded in the 19th century, at which time it was in Lord Anherest's collection in Sevenoaks. It was first exhibited in London in 1894. It was acquired by Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, after being excluded from the bequest to the Uffizi, and sold by his heirs to Peter Sharp, a New York collector. It was later bought by Banca Popolare di Brescia and placed it its present home.[2]