Probably this is the "theorbo - a lute that wants to be a guitar with
double tuning" (what's that???).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Woman_playing_the_lute.jpg
The lute that the Van Mieris is playing probably is an 11-course (or 12
-course) French lute.
Best
Markus
Monica Hall schrieb:
Well - he's not playing a theorbo - and the theorbo is not trying to be
a guitar!!! These Art Historians really need to be educated!
At a guess I would say it is meant to be an archlute but however good
the artist may be a painting satin he seems to have got in a twist with
the peg boxes!!
Monica
----- Original Message ----- From: "morgan cornwall"
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To: "Lute Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; "Stuart Walsh"
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Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:01 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double headed lute pic?
Stuart,
this may help:
Van Mieris - Self Portrait from the Uffizi Gallery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FdSIys2XfI
regards,
morgan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Walsh" <s.wa...@ntlworld.com>
To: "Lute Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Double headed lute pic?
I came across this image recently - possibly a chap playing a
double-headed lute. So (?) Dutch or English? Perhaps it's from a
well-known painting? I only had a camera phone and it was shot at an
angle to avoid the flash glaring against the glass. I've cropped the
writing underneath- but you can't see it clearly anyway - it says
something like 'micris' with some kind of diacritical twiddle over
the letter c (if it is a c).
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/dhlute.jpg
Stuart
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