Who is the painting by? MOnica
----- Original Message ----- From: "EUGENE BRAIG IV" <brai...@osu.edu>
To: "Stewart McCoy" <lu...@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: "Lute Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 1:03 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mandolin at Kedleston Hall
I went digging around the web for a larger image; found this: http://www.bestpriceart.com/vault/cgfa_devis1.jpg Soundbox is portrayed a little on the large side, but this appears to be a classic, late 18th-c. Neapolitan mandolin. You can also see the case on the bench behind the tree. It's a nice painting. Thanks for sharing. Best, Eugene ----- Original Message ----- From: Stewart McCoy <lu...@tiscali.co.uk> Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010 7:00 pm Subject: [LUTE] Mandolin at Kedleston Hall To: Lute Net <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Dear Eugene, > > In view of this discussion of Neapolitan mandolins, would you or > anyoneelse care to comment on a painting of what I believe to be > a Neapolitan > mandolin at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire. I was recently sent the > following query from a friend who is researching the music there. > > -o-O-o- > > If you go to > > http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w- > findaplace/w-kedles > tonhall > > then click on 'Meet the family' the first picture is of Lady Caroline > Colyear (1733-1812) daughter of the 2nd Earl of Portmore, who married > Nathaniel Curzon in 1750: there is a charming portrait in the Family > Corridor of her playing the mandolin ?? , with Nathaniel > standing, by > Arthur Devis, dated 1754. Please could you identify the instrument! > > -o-O-o- > > Any observations would be much appreciated. > > Best wishes, > > Stewart McCoy. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute- > a...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Eugene C. Braig IV > Sent: 17 May 2010 18:19 > To: 'Martyn Hodgson'; 'Lute Dmth'; 'Susanne Herre' > Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th > century > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute- > a...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > > Behalf Of Martyn Hodgson > > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 5:50 AM > > To: Lute Dmth; Susanne Herre > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th > century > > > > Did not violinists play the mandolin, > especially the > > Neapolitan wire strung instrument tuned the same? > > [Eugene C. Braig IV] However, there isn't any evidence that the > Neapolitan > type existed until the mid 18th c. at the earliest. > Instruments (some > with > somewhat dubious labels) don't appear until the 1740s and obvious > designated > repertoire not until the 1760s. > > Eugene > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > --
