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The Bag-Piper
David Wilkie·1813
Historical Context
The Bag-Piper at the National Gallery, painted in 1813, depicts a Scottish musician with the national instrument. Such character studies of Scottish types formed the foundation of Wilkie's genre painting practice. In his early career Wilkie's meticulous oil technique was closely modelled on Dutch and Flemish genre masters—Teniers, Ostade, and Wilkie's particular hero, Jan Steen—building up small-scale figure groups with careful attention to costume and domestic setting.
Technical Analysis
The musician and his instrument are rendered with careful attention to both the individual character and the specific details of Highland dress and musical equipment.
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