Share 'Peasant Music at the time of ter Brugghen'

The January sales of ancient art at Sotheby's in New York always include exceptional works by great artists. The January 29 auction will be no exception. The cover of the catalog, however, is entrusted to a master who is not among the best known to the public: Hendrick ter Brugghen. His oil on canvas 101 x 83 cm, signed and dated 1624, shows a bagpipe player. The auction house said that it was…