Marquetry trim is pretty common to plucked instruments of the 21st century...at least pretty much any one that isn't a lute.
The pegbox arrangement is quite odd. It looks almost like a renaissance mandore found itself grafted onto a renaissance lute. Eugene ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Carlin <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:58 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Strange lute in French painting To: [email protected] > I think one of the most interesting things about > this picture is the > cord with the loop going along the back of the > instrument. Also the > decoration along the top edge of the sides is > something we fon't see in > this century. > Nancy > At 07:31 PM 2/14/2010, Nicolas Valencia wrote: > > Hi all, > I've found this lute > in a painting by Jacques Linard, (France, > 1600-1645). It's > called "The Five Senses and the Four Elements", > so I > guess the lute > represents hearing. What kind of lute is this? > [1][1] > http://www.wga.hu/art/l/linard/senses.jpg Best, > Nicolas > -- > References > 1. > [2]http://www.wga.hu/art/l/linard/senses.jpg To get on or off this list > see list information at > > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > Nancy Carlin Associates > P.O. Box 6499 > Concord, CA 94524 USA > phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 > web site - [4]www.nancycarlinassociates.com > Representing: > FROM WALES - Crasdant & Carreg Lafar, > FROM ENGLAND - Jez Lowe & Jez > Lowe & The Bad Pennies, FROM SPAIN - La > Musgana and now representing > EARLY MUSIC - The Venere Lute Quartet, Paul Beier, > The Good Pennyworths > & Morrongiello & Young > Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA > web site - [5]http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.wga.hu/art/l/linard/senses.jpg > 2. http://www.wga.hu/art/l/linard/senses.jpg > 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 4. http://www.nancycarlinassociates.com/ > 5. http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/ >
