Thank you, Morgan, this is marvelous. Never mind the explanation of the double headed lute, but I've never before heard someone explain the art of painting in such a physical way.
Mathias "morgan cornwall" <mcornw...@ns.sympatico.ca> schrieb: > 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 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
