That'd be classy: having an oil painting of one's gurdy hanging on the wall. But I couldn't afford to hire a Dutch master for that, so I'd have to learn to do it myself! ;o)
--Michael On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Alden F M Hackmann < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Ah, Barbara and I were talking about the Delaporte that Michael McMillan > posted a link to. Here's another link to it. > > http://www.coatalem.com/**action.php?page=detail&img=** > 170&rub=8&retour=tableaux&**pages_av_album=1<http://www.coatalem.com/action.php?page=detail&img=170&rub=8&retour=tableaux&pages_av_album=1> > > Alden > > > > Alden F.M. Hackmann [email protected] > > "Beati illi qui in circulum circumeunt, fient enim magnae rotae." > > On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu wrote: > > Sorry, but I do not see the same instrument. Are we looking at the same >> picture? >> the peghead on the picture is not shown at all (nor is any blue ribbon) - >> it is obscured by a book, by a lute and many other objects. And can you >> really call that shape "guitar shaped"? Yes, it is a flat backed >> instrument, but I have never seen any guitar with that three-lobed shape we >> see >> near the crank (I've seen gurdies in that shape before, but none were >> described as "guitar shape", but "Renaissance" or something of the sort) >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Alden F M Hackmann < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I thought so at first. It's tempting to attribute the instrument in >> the painting to one of the Mirecourt builders, but I think it is >> not: >> >> - the body appears to be guitar-shaped with the upper bout being >> flat along the head block, while the Mirecourt builders (Bassot, the >> Colsons, and the Thouvenels) built their guitar-shaped instruments >> with an extra inward curve that brought the upper bout to almost a >> right angle with the head block. >> >> - the peghead sides and end appear to extend down below the level of >> the soundboard, which the Mirecourt builders never did. This >> style was more common for builders of luteback instruments. >> >> All of this is assuming that the painter was working from an actual >> instrument (the level of detail suggests that he was) and that he >> rendered the instrument accurately with no artistic license. >> >> Oh, to be able to strip off that blue ribbon and see the joint >> between peghead and keybox! That would tell us for certain. >> >> Alden F.M. Hackmann [email protected] >> >> "Beati illi qui in circulum circumeunt, fient enim magnae rotae." >> >> On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Barbara Currier wrote: >> >> Wow, that looks so much like my Bassot in profile, face, ivory strap >> pin, drone string holders (what do you call those?), crank >> handle and all. >> >> Barbara >> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Michael McMillan < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> Augusto-- >> >> I did a 'Bing' Image search using "hurdy gurdy still life," and the >> Christie's links were right at the front. Google shows it >> first, too, >> but not the Christie's links. >> >> "Title : A vanitas still life with a globe, jewels, books, musical >> instruments - including a bagpipe, a hurdy gurdy, a lute, a >> violin, a >> recorder and a shawn - and a print with a self-portrait of the >> artist" >> >> ...So, now we know that the hurdy-gurdy is one of the vanities of >> life! >> >> Here's another nice hurdy-gurdy still life: >> http://stilllifequickheart.**tumblr.com/post/2386816369/** >> henri-horace-roland-delaporte-**still-life-with<http://stilllifequickheart.tumblr.com/post/2386816369/henri-horace-roland-delaporte-still-life-with> >> >> --Michael >> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> Just out of curiosity... How did you find that info so fast? Do >> you have access to some kind of "visual google" tool? >> Augusto >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Michael McMillan < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> Bonjour Michel, >> >> Edwaert Collier, 1662, 65½ x 53¾ in. (166.3 x 136.5 cm.) >> >> Here are two links from Christie's about it: >> http://www.christies.com/**LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?** >> intObjectID=1694487<http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=1694487> >> sale 25 May 1999 >> http://www.christies.com/**LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?** >> intObjectID=4838176<http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4838176> >> sale 7 December 2006 >> >> Nice painting! Thank you for making us aware of it. >> >> Cordialement, >> Michael McMillan >> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Michel LEMEU < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> Il y a une vielle sur cette peinture que je découvre avec >> surprise pour la première fois >> Quelqu'un connait cette peinture ? Le peintre ? Quelle période ? >> Dans quel Musée ou collection privée est-elle ? >> >> Merci pour vos renseignements... >> >> >> I see a Hurdy-Gurdy on this painting. >> Who knows this painting ? The painter ? Period ? 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