Musicians and Soldiers is a circa 1626 painting by the French Caravaggisto Valentin de Boulogne. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 1280.[1]

Musicians and Soldiers
French: Musiciens et soldats
Artist	Valentin de Boulogne
Completion date	circa 1626
Medium	oil painting on canvas
Movement	Genre painting Baroque painting
Subject	A female tambourine player, a male violin player, and a male flute player among drinking soldiers in a Roman inn
Dimensions	155 cm × 200 cm (61 in × 79 in)[1]
Location	Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg
Accession	1931

The painting depicts a milieu that Valentin de Boulogne knew very well and frequently used as a pictorial motive: Roman nightlife, with drinkers and musicians in an inn. At the center of the painting, but in the background, stands an androgynous female tambourine player; to her left and on an edge of the table sits a just as androgynous male violin player, who dominates the composition by his size. The mood of the two drinkers and of the three musicians is one of pensiveness, and the whole painting is pervaded with melancholy.[1][2]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Musiciens et soldats.

• Musiciens et Soldats, presentation on the museum's website

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[fr] Musiciens et Soldats