Does the inside joke have anything to do with the violist's right hand disappearing behind the lady's skirts??? She seems slightly enraptured, he looks amused.
Leonard On 11/24/15, 8:19 AM, "Gary Boye" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: > Martyn, > There seems to be an inside joke we're not privy to here. It may just > be that the artist liked the 90 degree angle created by the 2 > instruments when held this way. And/or if she held it in the normal > position she would have risked obscuring the man's face and throwing > off the composition.But look at the dog: he/she doesn't seem to be > enjoying the lute playing and the reaction is aimed pointedly at the > lute player. Something important is happening there. > This borders on parody, seen apparently from the point of view of the > male gamba player, who looks directly at us. Subtle; but barely . . . > It seems to me to be a joke on the woman, whether or not she was "in" > on it. > Gary > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Martyn Hodgson > <[1][email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > __________________________________________________________________ > From: David Van Edwards <[2][email protected]> > To: [3][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][4]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 > -- > The Smokehouse, > 6 Whitwell Road, > Norwich, NR1 4HB > England. > Telephone: [5]+ 44 (0)1603 629899 > Website: [2][6]http://www.vanedwards.co.uk > -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > [3][7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- > References > 1. [8]http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/month/Nov%2015/month.htm > 2. [9]http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/ > 3. [10]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > Gary R. Boye, M.S.L.S., Ph.D. > Erneston Music Library > Appalachian State University > > -- > >References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/month/Nov%2015/month.htm > 5. tel:%2B%2044%20%280%291603%20629899 > 6. http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/ > 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 8. http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/month/Nov%2015/month.htm > 9. http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/ > 10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
