Yes, I agree more or less. The only thing that I am not sure of is whether 2 first grooves on the nut are far apart because this is how they were in reality, or Pesne didn't bother to depict a proper spacing. So it could be either swan neck 13c (14c?) modified for continuo, or a German d-minor theorbo.
Best wishes Jaroslaw P.S. I wonder if there is anyone living in Berlin who saw this painting in reality (Schloß Charlottenburg gallery). Wiadomo¶æ napisana przez Mathias Rösel w dniu 19 lip 2012, o godz. 23:15: >> removed one or two top courses. It's ended up as an 11 course >> instrument and there is a fair amount of 11 course music intended for >> liuto attiorbato, > > I count four double courses on the extension and eight double course over > the fret-board, totalling twelve courses. The coloured strings seem to be > the fundamentals. > > There is more space between the 3rd to 9th courses on the lute than between > the outer courses. So the 1st course, running from the groove of the 3rd > course, probably is attached to the holes of the 1st course in the bridge. > > To my eyes, the spacing of the empty 1st and 2nd grooves in the nut points > at single courses. > > To summarize, this seems to be a 14c baroque lute with a rather uncommon > disposition of the strings, viz. ten courses on the fret-board, and four > courses on the extension. > > She seems to use it, nevertheless, as a 12c theorbo (note the position of > her right hand). > > Mathias > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
