Dear David,
Yes, what I was attempting to suggest is that the lute is simply a prop
and the sitter
is not actually playing it. It's there to symbolize something like
harmonious love.
And does the left hand position have additional symbolism. I guess one
could really make a
On 2015-11-25 10:16 AM, AJN wrote:
I must agree it doesn't look like an
original painting by a Dutch master.
This discussion has been fun, but I hope whoever paid $194,500 for this
painting never sees this!
My favourite of the theories is that it is some kind of joke. Even if
this wasn't
A new book about Joan Carles Amat - the author of the earliest
treatise about the 5-course guitar - has recently been published.
It's
Quintana I Segal`a, Joan-Xavier and others
L'emprenta del monistrolenc Joan Carles Amat.
L'Ajuntament de Monistrol de Monserrat, 2014.
