What always puzzled me in this picture is that some of the frets (which
seem to appear to be double ...?), starting from the third, look as a
kind of 'split' from the middle and down towards the edge of the neck.
The painter didn't 'confirm' this feature in the mirror reflection of
the neck, although one of the frets there looks slanted rather oddly.
Here is what I'm talking about, plus also an enlarged fragment of the
music page which can perhaps be, with some luck, deciphered and tried on
your flute or, indeed, pestle-oboe :)
http://www.vihuelademano.com/current/pages/J.Linard-fivesenses.html
Sorry about a not quite pin-sharp quality of the picture - I took this
photograph from the original painting in Louvre some 20 years ago with
an ordinary film camera.
Alexander
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:32:58 -0800 Nicolás 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]http://www.wga.hu/art/l/linard/senses.jpg
Best,
Nicolas
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