This type of lute is probably the most depicted type of lute by the
dutch masters. It was the kind of lute that Jaques Gautier intruduced
into England. Where it became known as the theorbo-lute. If one looks
closely at the painting the lute has been painted in perfect
perspective. Taking into account that the player (i.e. the painter)
plays it holding his instrument in an almost vertical position.
Which means that the place where one can check the perspective in
relation to the fingerboard is very close to his right leg.
Cheers!
Lex van Sante
Op 22 nov 2009, om 23:05 heeft Jarosław Lipski het volgende geschreven:
Probably it's similar to the lute seen on Hendrik Martensz Sorgh
(1611 -1670) "The lute player" in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. You can
see it on David van Edwards site too http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/history3.htm
fig.10.
Best
Jaroslaw
----- Original Message ----- From: ""Mathias Rösel"" <mathias.roe...@t-online.de
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Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:13 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double headed lute pic?
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.
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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
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