Very interesting David.
It may be simply a fashionable couple wanting to be portrayed
performing but in fact unable to play a note! Perhaps the painter who,
as you point out, might be thought to have known better was laughing up
his sleeve...
Or perhaps, and maybe more likely (the painter might not have wished to
be later seen to make fools of his rich clients), they had insisted on
this sort of pose (it certainly looks very stylised especially with the
young lady's eyes turned to heaven etc) and their insistence overcame
any scruples the painter may have expressed about depicting them
actually playing. In short, the very act of posing for the picture was
the statement rather than the playing of music.
regards
Martyn
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From: David Van Edwards <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 10:50
Subject: [LUTE] Another lute picture?
Dear All,
My Lute of the Month series has dwindled to lute of the Year these
days! It's because I've mainly been writng them for the Lute
Society's
newsletter, Lute News, now it has a nice full colour cover.
But here is the latest, as it were more public, example up on the web
at
[1]http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/month/Nov%2015/month.htm
I hope you find it fun! As usual please email me any corrections or
comments
Best wishes,
David
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