Well - he's not playing a theorbo - and the theorbo is not trying to be a
guitar!!! These Art Historians really need to be educated!
At a guess I would say it is meant to be an archlute but however good the
artist may be a painting satin he seems to have got in a twist with the peg
boxes!!
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "morgan cornwall" <[email protected]>
To: "Lute Net" <[email protected]>; "Stuart Walsh"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:01 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double headed lute pic?
Stuart,
this may help:
Van Mieris - Self Portrait from the Uffizi Gallery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FdSIys2XfI
regards,
morgan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Walsh" <[email protected]>
To: "Lute Net" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Double headed lute pic?
I came across this image recently - possibly a chap playing a
double-headed lute. So (?) Dutch or English? Perhaps it's from a
well-known painting? I only had a camera phone and it was shot at an angle
to avoid the flash glaring against the glass. I've cropped the writing
underneath- but you can't see it clearly anyway - it says something like
'micris' with some kind of diacritical twiddle over the letter c (if it is
a c).
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/dhlute.jpg
Stuart
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