As a glassmaker specialising in early glass, but lute-savvy, let me add my two-pennyworth:
The glasses in the photograph are modern - late 20th century pretending to be 19th century. Probably French. They are completely unlike the actual glasses used at the time of this type of lute, like pedestal beakers and 'flutes'! But photographers don't know that, since the history of drinking glasses will always be much less well-known than that of lutes. Most glass seen in contemporaneous paintings with lutes is either elaborate Venetian, 'Façon de Venise', or 'Forest Glass' (Roemers and Krautstrunk vessels). I suspect this picture is just a stock photo intended to resemble a 17th century still life, with 'George de la Tour' style chiaroscuro lighting. David To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
