If you zoom in on the gamba, the top string is broken on that too.
They must both be playing "props", but it is strange to underline that.
Anthony
Le 8 mai 09 à 15:15, Martin Eastwell a écrit :
If you zoom in, it seems that the lute has one or more carefully
painted
broken strings. She's not just holding the lute the wrong way
round, but the
lute itself is unplayable!
Martin
On 8/5/09 13:55, "David van Ooijen" <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, <theoj89...@aol.com> wrote:
Sotheby's New York will be auctioning a Dutch painting of a
theorbo & gamba
(the woman doesn't appear to know how to hold a theorbo
I'd call that a Dutch-head lute or possibly English theorbo, but
what's far more interesting: she's holding the instrument
left-handedly, right hand crossing all the diapassons, and is rather
in the way of the gentleman's bow. But the doggy knows what it's all
about: a pretty girl with a lute!
Great painting, thanks for diverting my attention from tax paper
(nearly finished!) to something else.
David
& there are interesting f-holes on the gamba)
LOT 45
ADRIAEN VAN DER WERFF, EGLON HENDRICK VAN DER NEER
ADRIAEN VAN DER WERFF, KRALINGEN-AMBACHT 1659 - 1722 ROTTERDAM;
EGLON
HENDRICK VAN DER NEER, AMSTERDAM CIRCA 1634 - 1703 DÜSSELDORF
A LADY PLAYING THE LUTE AND A GENTLEMAN WITH A VIOLA DA GAMBA
It can be seen at:
http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159539118
Estimated price 100,000 - 150,000 dollars US
Good luck bidding!
trj
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