Looks like eight double courses on the petit jeu and another four double diapasons. The red (loaded?) strings start at the third course, suggesting that it had a low pitch.
The first course seems to start some distance away from the edge of the fingerboard at the nut, but passes closer to the edge where the neck meets the body. It also attaches near to the extreme end of the bridge. It's not any 'standard' lute type as far as I can see. I'm puzzled. It's a pity we can't see enough of the lute to count the pegs. Could there be any symbolism involved in the two empty grooves? What is the date of this painting? Bill PS Notice how the neck strap attaches at the neck end of the body of the lute, rather than at the pegbox. From: JarosAA'aw Lipski <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 19 July 2012, 20:45 Subject: [LUTE] Eleonore von Schlieben-Sanditten here is a link if interested [1]http://uploads7.wikipaintings.org/images/antoine-pesne/portrait-of-e leonore-louise-albertine-comtesse-von-schlieben-sanditten-freifrau-von- keyserlingk.jpg JL 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://uploads7.wikipaintings.org/images/antoine-pesne/portrait-of-eleonore-louise-albertine-comtesse-von-schlieben-sanditten-freifrau-von-keyserlingk.jpg 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
