Not entirely off topic--in case you do indeed wnat to comission someone to paint your gurdy, in Flemish master style--you don't have to go far from the USA if you live in or near the continent:
http://www.robertsonharpsichords.com/ My friend, Bloomington, IN-based Theodore Robertson, is not only a fine harpsichord maker but also an extremely talented painter in the style of the Dutch-Flemish masters. At his site, click on "paintings"--you might be inspired to get one of your own gurdy! cheers, Vlad On 9 Nov 2011, at 19:16, Michael McMillan wrote: > 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 > > 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 > > --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 > sale 25 May 1999 > 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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