At 9:03 PM +0100 19/11/03, G.R. Crona wrote: > >I was captivated by Bartolomeo Passarotti's 1576 painting. (Pic. 29 in the >collection) It says anno iubilei bon 1576. There is also some music there in >the background, and the lute looks like an ~60 cm. mensur instrument. >There's some unreadable text in the upper left corner. The guy seems to be >playing his "magna chorda" 6-3-5-0-4-2-3-4-2-1-1-0 > >Any more info about this painting?
Dear Göran, I have the same picture in my collection but ascribed to Agostino Carracci (1557 - 1602) The original is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and my copy came from Early Music Vol 3 page 352 and is part of an article by Bob Spencer on how to hold a lute: historical evidence from paintings. Best wishes, david -- The Smokehouse, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich, NR1 4HB England. Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk
