Thanks Andreas! Interesting link! So is there actually any reason to believe there is any connection to any of the Gaultiers? Or even to any musician? If the theorbo is just a "courtly symbol par excellence"?
Arto On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 21:50:07 +0200, Andreas Schlegel <[email protected]> wrote: > That's not Denis Gaultier! > > If it's a Gaultier, then it's Jacques. > see: > http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/man-with-a-lute/?no_cache=1 > > Andreas > > Am 07.09.2011 um 21:29 schrieb wikla: > >> Dear lute gang, >> >> has anyone analysed the famous picture by van Dyck of Denis Gaultier, see >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Denis_Gaultier.jpg >> >> His instrument seems to be a big theorbo. Is it? Any other info of this >> very beautiful portrait? >> >> Arto >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
