Well, nothing is similar except the double pegboxes because the player on the painting by Vermeer is shown from the behind. As for lutes with double pegboxes, quite a few contemporary paintings have survived.
Mathias "Jaros³aw Lipski" <[email protected]> schrieb: > Probably it's similar to the lute seen on Hendrik Martensz Sorgh > (1611 -1670) "The lute player" in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. You can see it on > David van Edwards site too http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/history3.htm fig.10. > Best > > Jaroslaw > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ""Mathias Rösel"" <[email protected]> > To: "'Lute Net'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:13 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double headed lute pic? > > > > There's another that shows this type invovled in a duet with a keyboard: > > http://www.salvatorefiorillo.it/Concert%28Vermeer%29.jpg > > > > Mathias > > > > "wolfgang wiehe" <[email protected]> schrieb: > >> This lute is present in other pictures of van mieris: > >> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Brothel_Scene_1658_Fr > >> ans_van_Mieris.jpg > >> Or here?: > >> http://www.nga.gov/press/exh/228/assets/228-012-lrg.jpg > >> http://images.artnet.com/images_US/magazine/reviews/karlins/karlins3-16- > >> 9.jpg > >> W. > >> > >> > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >> Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im > >> Auftrag von "Mathias Rösel" > >> Gesendet: Sonntag, 22. November 2009 18:00 > >> An: Lute Net > >> Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Double headed lute pic? > >> > >> > >> Thank you, Morgan, this is marvelous. Never mind the explanation of the > >> double headed lute, but I've never before heard someone explain the art > >> of painting in such a physical way. > >> > >> Mathias > >> > >> "morgan cornwall" <[email protected]> schrieb: > >> > 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 > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- Viele Grüße Mathias Rösel http://mathiasroesel.livejournal.com http://www.myspace.com/mathiasroesel
