The Procuress by Dirck van Baburen

Three figures crowd around a lute: a young woman with pale skin and a blue-white dress on the left, a bearded man in a dark hat at the center holding a coin toward her, and an elderly turbaned man on the right who plays the lute. A strong leftward light creates dramatic chiaroscuro, giving the figures a sculptural presence against a muted background. The palette blends warm ochres, browns, and gold with touches of blue and white, and the painting shows Dutch Baroque naturalism with Caravaggisti influence and a deliberately theatrical composition.