Val, I suppose this is the painting you are referring to.
http://tinyurl.com/67aeck3
We do see that the pegs look the same, but the painting of the lute is much
less
detailed.
Anthony
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De : Sauvage Valéry <[email protected]>
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Envoyé le : Mer 9 février 2011, 15h 35min 26s
Objet : [LUTE] TRe: Holbein painting - precision and accuracy
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Is it possible that this lute, with its string height and particular fret
setting might have been recognizable as typically French, taking account of
what
Val points out. Some of those French dance pieces (dating from just before the
painting, see Pierre Attaignant, Paris 1529-30) les Basses Dances, the
Branles,
etc, might have sounded quite good with such a bray harp buzz.
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I guess this high and important person, ambassador of Francis the 1st to the
court of England was more playing his King favorit lutenist Alberto di
Mantova's
music than popular tunes (Painting is from 1533, coming of Alberto to the
French
court in 1528, both could have met, as the ambassador was painted here for his
installation, so he was newly in England in 1533.
Another point he probably bring his own lute (as said before he his painted
twice by Holbein with this instrument, and that means probably he was a good
player, at least a regular one...) is the lute case on the floor under the
furniture. All guesses...
V.
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