Dear Luca,
Yes there are 8 surviving lutes that I know of with gilded roses.
1. The 16th century lute by Wolfgang Wolf
currently in Füssen Museum has a gilded rose.
Impossible to say if it is original as it has
certainly been roughly gilded since then.
2.Lute by Jakob Langenwalder [Füssen 1627] in Kremsmünster, Benediktinerstift
3.Lute by Georg Greiff [Füssen 1590] in
Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum Kg 67: 103
(Orig M.I. 29)
4. Miniature lute by Magno Dieffobruchar, Venice,
c.1600 in Paris, Musèe de Cluny 2092
5. Lute by Stefan Pradter, Prague 1675 in Innsbruck, Schloss Ambras, 622
6. Lute by Basilio Smit, Milan, in Füssen, Museum
der Stadt Füssen, 4308 has a gilded rim to its
triple rose.
7. Lute by Magnus Hellmer 1609 Füssen, in
Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Kg 67:104
8. Anonymous lute in Bologna, Museo Civico Medievale, 1814
Best wishes,
David
At 16:11 +0200 20/6/13, Luca Manassero wrote:
Dear list,
a few years ago I saw pictures of a lute built by a well known
british lutemaker and showing a really beautiful golden rose.
Baroque lutenists certainly know about the Allemande of Ennemond
Gaultier (Vieux Gaultier) "La roze d'or" also known as "The loss of the
golden rose lute".
My question is: have you any news (or iconographc evidence) of
(original) lutes with a golden rose?
Thank you in advance,
Luca
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
