There's an interesting painting showing the back and part of the
lower pegbox of a French theorbo with its distinctive pierced
fretwoork pegbox and chanterelle slot. It is coming up for auction in
Vienna on 17/10/17 and can be seen here:
https://www.dorotheum.com/en/auctions/current-auctions/kataloge/list-lots-detail/auktion/12759-old-master-paintings/lotID/123/lot/2282371-jean-ranc.html?currentPage=5&img=0
Of course it could be an Angelique since we can't see the bridge or
string layout but pictures of either French type from c.1700 are rare
enough for this to be interesting. And Ranc was working at the right
level in the Paris social environment for this to be a proper example.
Best wishes,
David
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