According to Peter Greenaway all baroque painting is pure symbolism.
RT
On 7/19/2012 4:32 PM, William Samson wrote:
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
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