Thanks David. Shame that we have only such a partial view of the
instrument. It would appear to have just 9 tied frets although it does
look as though there is another fret knot between the nut and the first
fret. A double fret for mean tone perhaps; or maybe just a blob of
paint! The ribs seem to be quite deeply scalloped don't you think?
Best,
Matthew
On 04/10/2017 14:19, David Van Edwards wrote:
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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