Bob: I have to agree with Howard's suspicion that this is a contemporary photograph, probably modified in photoshop. The design is too sparse, too simple for a 17th century painting. A still life from that period would have more musical instruments and more food and drink items on the table, plus a book or a globe, and it would use at least a shiny satin or damask tablecloth, more artistically draped, if not a woven table covering of some sort. The flame of the candle is also depicted too simplistically for a painting of that era -- it looks like a time exposure, averaging out the colors and detail of a real flame at any given instant. Kenneth, are you on the list? Any opinion? Regards, Daniel ---------- Original Message ---------- From: howard posner <[email protected]> To: Lute List <[email protected]> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Identify Painting? Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:15:21 -0800
Are you sure it's a painting and not a photograph? On Dec 26, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Robert Clair <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can anyone identify this painting: > > http://www.elroberto.com/pix/LutePicture.pdf > > This copy was on some promotional material from the French record label Alpha > Productions. > > thx > > Bob > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.ht --
