That's an interesting angle on the top surface of the pegbox, too. I
don't know why I expect right angles, though. Are there old lutes with
that shape at the end of the pegbox?
They definitely dialed that lighting effect in well!
Sean
On Dec 27, 2013, at 1:40 PM, David Hill wrote:
As a glassmaker specialising in early glass, but lute-savvy, let me
add my two-pennyworth:
The glasses in the photograph are modern - late 20th century
pretending to be 19th century. Probably French.
They are completely unlike the actual glasses used at the time of this
type of lute, like pedestal beakers and 'flutes'! But photographers
don't know that,
since the history of drinking glasses will always be much less well-
known than that of lutes.
Most glass seen in contemporaneous paintings with lutes is either
elaborate Venetian,
'Façon de Venise', or 'Forest Glass' (Roemers and Krautstrunk vessels).
I suspect this picture is just a stock photo intended to resemble a
17th century still life, with 'George de la Tour' style
chiaroscuro lighting.
David
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