There's another that shows this type invovled in a duet with a keyboard: http://www.salvatorefiorillo.it/Concert%28Vermeer%29.jpg
Mathias "wolfgang wiehe" <wie-w...@gmx.de> schrieb: > This lute is present in other pictures of van mieris: > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Brothel_Scene_1658_Fr > ans_van_Mieris.jpg > Or here?: > http://www.nga.gov/press/exh/228/assets/228-012-lrg.jpg > http://images.artnet.com/images_US/magazine/reviews/karlins/karlins3-16- > 9.jpg > W. > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im > Auftrag von "Mathias Rösel" > Gesendet: Sonntag, 22. November 2009 18:00 > An: Lute Net > Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Double headed lute pic? > > > 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
