David Van Edwards has of course nailed the lute perfectly- there is a picture of one being played about 1/3 way down on this page (Brief history of the lute, part 3) from his website, between the Des Moulins 11 course and the better known double headed Dutch lute.
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/history3.htm >The lute of course is easy, it's an early type of extended bass as >also shown in several Molenaer paintings and in the comic drawing of >a country musician [enclosed] and one exists in Copenhagen [No. 93] >converted from a Sixtus Rauwolf lute with the handwritten label >SIXTVS RAVWOLF // AVGVSTANVS 1598 [1599?]. >manu propr >suggesting that he himself, not an apprentice made it. The extension >is unlikely to be original but not impossible. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
