Genremålning, man med barett och flöjt. Oljemålning på duk.

Bröstbild, fas vänster. Brunt hår och skägg, svart barett. Gulbrun mantel med blå band, höger axel lämnas bar. Med båda händerna håller han en flöjt. Brun fond. På duken daterat : "Ano 1625". Kilad spännram. Förgylld ram med pastellageornament. Ramlistens bredd 90 mm. På förgylld lapp fäst vid ramens framsida : "No 28 okänt". På spännramens baksida "H. Terbruggen" , med blyerts. Möjligen äldre, svartmålad ram bakom den nya. Oläslig text med blyerts på den nya ramens baksida. Man with a flute. This dated but unsigned painting has the same composition as the one know as "Man with a flute" (present location unknown) ) attributed to the joint workshop of Hendrick Ter Brugghen and Dirck van Baburen, which they supposedly shared in Utrecht during the early 1620s. Although, clearly the same in composition, this painting at Skokloster differs from the other in the expression of the face, most notably the left side, which could suggest that they were painted by different hands. The date on the canvas most likely excludes Baburen as the only artist, but connects the painting to a case of similar dated studio replicas like "Singer" by Baburen. The painting depicts a bearded man holding a flute looking straight at the beholder executed in a Baburen-like manner with all the characteristics of the Caravaggio inspired artists from Utrecht. According to Leonard Slatkes, the unsigned and not dated painting with the same composition called "Man with a flute" was probably part of a series representing the five senses of which it was "Hearing". The series also included the painting "Man with a pipe and jug". For further information regarding the painting referred to as "Man with a flute" see Slatkes 1965, Dirck van Baburen, Fig 47, Cat. D5, and Slatkes & Frantis 2007, The paintings of Hendrick Ter Brugghen, WTBVB 18, Plate 113.