The depiction in the Caravaggio painting is indeed a boy. Please see this Wiki article about the painting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lute_Player_%28Caravaggio%29
It is well foot-noted. ed At 02:45 PM 11/19/2011, Garry Warber wrote: >My favorite painting of all time... To my surprise, I've heard the >lute player referred to as a boy. Is that correct? I've always >fancied "her" as female... :-) >Garry > >-----Original Message----- From: William Samson >Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 2:23 PM >To: wikla ; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double 1st string on 6 course lutes? > > And another (6c this time!) from Caravaggio > [1]http://www.hermitageshop.org/store/images/large/0003150A4_3_LRG.jpg > Bill > From: wikla <wi...@cs.helsinki.fi> > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 16:10 > Subject: [LUTE] Double 1st string on 6 course lutes? > Dear collective wisdom, > is there any evidence of using double chanterelle on 6 course lutes? > (If memory serves, there is at least one liuto attiorbato stringed so.) > Arto > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > >References > > 1. http://www.hermitageshop.org/store/images/large/0003150A4_3_LRG.jpg > 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: e...@gamutstrings.com voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute http://magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin
