I've always assumed a boy. The face seems masculine to me, and the open shirt/blouse would be inappropriate for a girl, no? Does any historical record tell us? On Nov 19, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Garry Warber wrote:
> My favorite painting of all time... To my surprise, I've heard the lute > player referred to as a boy. Is that correct? I've always fancied "her" as > female... :-) > Garry > > -----Original Message----- From: William Samson > Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 2:23 PM > To: wikla ; [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double 1st string on 6 course lutes? > > And another (6c this time!) from Caravaggio > [1]http://www.hermitageshop.org/store/images/large/0003150A4_3_LRG.jpg > Bill > From: wikla <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 16:10 > Subject: [LUTE] Double 1st string on 6 course lutes? > Dear collective wisdom, > is there any evidence of using double chanterelle on 6 course lutes? > (If memory serves, there is at least one liuto attiorbato stringed so.) > Arto > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.hermitageshop.org/store/images/large/0003150A4_3_LRG.jpg > 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
