Portrait of a composer, at a writing table, with a violin, a music score, an ink stand and quill

Jan Palthe (Deventer 1719-1769 Leiden) Portrait of a composer, at a writing table, with a violin, a music score, an ink stand and quill signed 'J: Palthe pinxit Leiden 1762' (lower left) and further indistinctly inscribed '... Carle ...arini de...' (on the music score) oil on canvas 32½ x 27¼ in. (82.5 x 69.2 cm.)