It is of course a cittern, but it was also painted (drawn?) no earlier than 1850 judging from the artist's dates, so may be no more than a fantasy of "olden times" composed of elements from other visual sources. My first guess would be that the instrument never actually physically existed.
Chris. >>> Gernot Hilger <[email protected]> 2/15/2010 4:51 AM >>> Hi Franz, the instrument in this pic is of course not a lute, but an archcittern. Looks like a Hamburger Cithrinchen with extended bass range. Gernot Zitat von Franz Mechsner <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > Wasting some time one may collect tons of "strange" lutes from the > internet in many variations, the most strange one I found so far is > this: > > Try [1]http://www.klassiskgitar.net/imagesr1.html > > I am refering to the the Painting "Young Lady with Lute" by Racinet > which might require some consideration regarding the instrument as well > as how it is held... To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
