Dear Bill, I assume one of these. http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/93.tif
Sixtus Rauwolf Augsburg 1599 now in Copenhagen No. 93 This is the sole survivor of this type that Molenaer made famous. But your painting has the lower strings offset in in a strange, rather excessive, manner. Maybe a case of dodgy perspective rather than distortion. But if the offset is genuine then the upper pegbox must be something other, and to me unknown. Best wishes, David At 13:54 +0000 4/2/13, William Samson wrote: > I wonder what the layout of the upper head of this lute might be? > > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/icon/party-1.gif > > Artist Jacopo Vignale, early 17th Century. > > Bill > > -- > >References > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/icon/party-1.gif > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- The Smokehouse, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich, NR1 4HB England. Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk
