Le 8 mai 09 à 16:31, Rob MacKillop a écrit :
Broken strings was a typical way for the artist to show 'discord'
between the subjects. The Amabassadors is another example.
I thought that broken strings symbilized the danger of general
dischord, rather than dischord between the two subjects, in the case
of the Ambassadors (or even the transcience of life), whereas here,
they could possibly express the transience of a certain type of
relation.
Presumably, the message is sensual, as shown by the almost inclined
posture of the gambist, in line with the ladies skirts.
There are two ropes, above the "musicians" sort of conventionally
interlinking the two together, but neither looks at the other, and
the broken strings perhaps show that the brief harmony of a sensuous
moment is over.
as David says,
"but what's far more interesting: she's holding the instrument left-
handedly, right hand crossing all the diapassons, and is rather
in the way of the gentleman's bow. But the doggy knows what it's all
about: a pretty girl with a lute!"
Anthony
Rob
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