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Piero della Francesca, Italian painterRenaissance Art. Italy. 15th century. Piero della Francesca (c.1420-1492). Italian painter. The Nativity, 1470-75. Tempera on panel. National Gallery. London. England. UK
Chinese ti-tzu, so-na, yueh-ch in, la-pa and Japanese hiji-riki.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J
Mary Qoss MessengerA pigeon carries messages for Mary Queen of Scots, imprisoned at Tutbury, to Babington who is plotting to rescue her and set her back on the throne again
Lady Plays Lute at KnoleAn aristocratic lady plays her lute in a room at Knole, Kent
Angel playing a lute, Melozzo da ForliMelozzo da Forli (1438-1494). Italian painter. Fresco depicting an Angel playing a lute. From the Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles. Pinacoteca Vaticana. Vatican City. Date: circa 1480
Chinese musical instrumentsA selection of Chinese musical instruments, including a bell(1), gong, (2), cymbals(4), a guqin or seven-stringed zither(7), a pipa or four-stringed lute (8), Yueqin or moon-shaped lute(11)
Viol d amour, mandore, Spanish guitar and lute.. Viol d amour (1), mandore (2), Spanish guitar (3) and lute (4). Copperplate engraving by John Lee after a drawing by T
The concert, showing a group of players by Gerald de HonthorA group of musicians with a lady playing a lute, 17th century. Date: 1939
Medieval frolics: wine, women and songAn alfresco medieval social gathering, with mixed bathing and music making. Date: c.1430
Georgian country folk with musical instrumentsGeorgia - Georgian country folk with musical instruments including a boy with a thin drum and a woman holding a stringed instrument, similar to a lute
16th Century Musicians 1A piper performs with players of three types of stringed instruments - a rebec, a lute and a harp
Secular Games held in RomeThe Secular Games (Ludi Saeculares) are held in Rome to commemorate a 100-year span of Roman history
Lute Music by the Canal, Hendrick SorghA lute player entertains a lady in a Dutch interior, seventeenth century. Date: 1939
Girl playing instrumentA young Japanese woman with ribboned hair playing a stringed musical instrument, perhaps a version of a lute
LADY PLAYS LUTE AT KNOLEAn aristocratic lady plays her lute in a room at Knole, Kent
Chinese woman playing a Ruan (note the Western influence in her choice of footwear!). Date: circa 1910s
Old Chinese ManuscriptFragment from a manuscript of the Uigur dynasty : figures are shown writing and reading, and one is playing a lute-like musical instrument
"And there, leaning against a moss-grown crumbling tree, was a spirit-like being out of another world." Illustration by Edmund Dulac to The Dreamer of Dreams by Queen Marie of Roumania
The Wind's Tale - Edmund DulacShe played upon the ringing lute, and sang to its tones'. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Date: 1911
Young girl in an elegant high-backed chair playing a luteGreetings True. A young girl seated in an elegant high-backed chair playing a lute, set within an attractive art nouveau-esque border. Date: circa 1907
Chinese Musicians with traditional instruments, Hong KongChinese Musicians, Hong Kong. The instruments beinf played are (from left): Dizi, Pipa, Yangqin (Zither), SanXian (long-necked lute), Bangzi and Bangu percussion. Date: 1915
Oriental, 1892, by Francisco Masriera Manovens (1842-1902)Francisco Masriera Manovens (1842-1902). Spanish painter. Oriental, 1892. Oil on canvas, 55 x 43 cm. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain
Silhouette - Postcard DesignAttractive young lady playing a lute. Date: 1920s
Silhouette - Postcard DesignRomantic scene. Couple dancing accompanied by a lute player. Date: 1920s
A mystical meal and King David playing psalms, 13th centuryA mystical meal with the Holy Grail vase on the table and King David playing psalms on a harp. Six musicians playing vielle, lute, bagpipes, shawm and drum
Sir Robert Gordon of Straloch, Scottish cartographer, 17th centuSir Robert Gordon of Straloch, 1580-1661. Scottish cartographer, noted as a poet, mathematician, antiquary, and geographer, and for his collection of music for the lute
Trophies and bouquets, 18th century
Tapestries and borders, 17th century. Tapestry (L) and border (centre R) in the Chateau de Grignan. June tapestry with two shepherdesses from a series of the months of the year (bottom R)
Costumes of the people of Russia in St. Petersburg, 1858Costumes of the people of Russia, 1858. Nanny with Cossack boy, milkmaid with milkpail, Finnish peasants, sleigh driver, merchant, boy from Derewna, Belarus, playing a domra lute
Costumes of the people of Greece, 1858. Athenian musician with tzouras lute, girl with water jug, female servant and boy
Persian men exercising in a gymnasium, 1800sPersian men exercising in a gymnasium, Persia (Iran), 1800s. One man walks on his hands, while others plank, wrestle, run up a wall, etc
The skeleton of Death and a minstrel. The troubadour plays a lute and serenades a woman at an upper window, while Death armed with daggers hides in a doorway
The pilgrim handed a letter by the skeleton of DeathThe pilgrim handed a letter by the skeleton of death in hat and cassock with staff. The pilgrim sits at a table with a lute and her foot on a footstool
The skeleton of Death and the mother. A skeleton feeds a baby on its knee, while the mother examines embroidered fabric and a young servant holds up a hat
Joseph Vernon as Thurio in Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1762Mr. Vernon in the character of Thurio in William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, a revival at Drury Lane Theatre, 1762. In cloak, waistcoat, Van Dyke collar, breeches, playing a lute
Women musicians playing lute, aulos, typanum, etcBucolic scene of women musicians playing lute, aulos, typanum, etc. From a painting by old master in an 18th century art tutorial book
A woman holds a perfume flask as butterflies flutter around it, ancient Persia. She stands with a deer under a willow tree as a musician plays music on a lute
Two men playing checkers at a table, Bourbon Restoration. One holds a checker, the other raises his fist, a woman is consoled by a gentleman. La Dame Soufflee. Jeu de Dames
Roman era. Stele of Lutatia Lupata. The young Lutatia is depicted playing a stringed instrument, of the pandarium type
An Italian youth accompanies a group of singers on a lute- like instrument with so long a neck that it reaches out of the picture ! Date: 17th century
The Song to the Moon - Kay NielsenThe Song to the Moon - The Art of Kay Nielsen. Date: 1913
Algeria - African Gnawa Musician playing a traditional sintir, also known as the guembri, gimbri or hejhouj, a three-stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute. Date: circa 1910s
Elderly Moroccan man playing a sintir, also known as the guembri, gimbri or hejhouj, is a three-stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people
When Love was Lost and Life was Vain: Pierrot Forlorn. In the Autumn of Youth: " Fallen Leaves". Date: 1912
Initiation ceremony of disciples of ZoroastrianismInitiation ceremonies of gabr or disciples of Zoroastrianism in ancient Persia. A priest pours water in a babys mouth, washes a child and holds another over a pyre. Iniziazione de Guebri
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia, sitting on his bed throne with scimitar and hookah pipe. Princes to the right, court clerks at left, and other courtiers
Mummers in animal masks, 14th centuryMummers in odd animal masks and colourful robes, 14th century, dancing to music played by a man on a lute with animal neck
Classical musical instruments: lyres 1, 2, plectrum 3, cithara 4, lute 5, percussion instruments 6, 7, 8, 15, pan pipes 9, crotales 11, tuba 12, flutes 10, 14, 18, 19, triangle 16, cymbals 17
Thomas Rowlandson, The Honeymoon - When the old fool has drunk his wine, and gone to rest - I will be thine. circa 1816
Historical Musical Instruments, Inventions ExhibitionVarious historical musical instruments displayed at the International Inventions Exhibition, a world fair held in 1885 in South Kensington, London
Violin and stringed musical instrument maker's workshop - Johann Reiter, Mittenwald, Germany, creator of the octave violin. Instruments on display include violins, violas, cellos and lutes
Smart Gent sits beneath a tree and thinks of his loveSmart Gent sits beneath a tree with his lute, dreaming of his sweetheart and composing some lines of romantic poetry and song
The Triumph of Death, by Pieter Bruegel the ElderPieter Bruegel the Elder (circa 1525?1569), Flemish Renaissance painter. The Triumph of Death. Oil on panel. Museo del Prado. Madrid. Spain. Date: 1562
Death extinguishes the candles on an altar of a Nun and her lover
STUART/ELIZABETH/COPEPRINCESS ELIZABETH Death of the second daughter of Charles I, at Carisbrooke Castle on 8 September 1650 Date: 1635 - 1650
Man and woman of Murcia, Spain, 1818. The man wears the traditional folk costume of jacket, sash and wide breeches
Man and woman of the Black Forest, Germany, 1818. She holds a rake and he is sharpening a scythe ready for harvest
Young English gentleman gambling at Newmarket racetrackYoung English gentleman placing a bet at a betting post at Newmarket racetrack
Tree carnation varieties, Dianthus caryophyllus: Ariadne 1, Beauty 2, Garibaldi 3, Perfection 4, Queen of Whites 5, Queen of Yellows 6
Dara Shukohs head presented to Aurangzeb, 1659Dara Shukohs severed head is presented to his brother Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad (later Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb), 1659. La testa di Dara-Chekouh presentata a suo fratello. From a miniature
Group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806View of a group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806. Strollers include Catalonian women in veils and mantillas, a monk, a soldier in bicorn, children
Two female dancers and two male dancers or TschenkyTwo female Ottoman dancers with castanets, and two male dancers or Tschenky. Tschenky ou danseur publique, danseuse publique. Due Ballerine e Due Ballerini
Poster, Pasquali Films, Turin, Attract The World. circa 1912
Sailors listening to a Canta-Storia, Naples, ItalySailors listening to a Canta-Storia, a long narrative song, on the quay at Naples, Italy, with Vesuvius smoking in the background. Date: early 19th century
Country people dancing the Tarantella, Italy, originating from Naples. Date: early 19th century
Country people dancing on return from the vintage, Italy. Date: early 19th century
Roman people dancing a Saltarello, Italy. Date: early 19th century
Norman musical instruments and a siegeNorman instruments: violins 243, 245, a pipe organ 244, harps 246, 249, lyre 247, lute 248, zither 250, hunting horn 251, and siege of a castle by archers and soldiers on a boat 252
Pot with Chinese musicians playing cello and pipa from Nevers, France
Decorative rectangular plate from Rouen with handles. Painted with six putti in laurel wreaths with cello, lute, lyre, quill, torch on a gold ground, bordered with foliage
The Incomparable Ravel, French rope dancerThe incomparable Ravel, a guitar-playing French tightrope artist from the early 19th century, with two dancers on thick ropes
Skeleton of Death extinguishing candles before a CanonessSkeleton of Death extinguishing candles on an altar before a Canoness as she listens to a young troubadour playing a lute
Foppish Pantaloon, Columbine in Italian dress and Pierrot with lute from the Harlequinade, or Italian comic theatre. From oil paintings in Kraussnitz Castle
View of the village of Nikali, Thessaly, Greece, 1821View of the village of Nikali, near Larissa, the capital of Thessaly, Greece. Villagers draw water from a well, a man plays a lute, women spin and weave. Copied from Edward Dodwells Views of Greece
Costume of the women of the island of Tino, Italy, 18th century. One woman reads a book while another lounges on a sofa with a cat and lute
Glamour, musicPostcard illustration of two women by the sea, one playing a lute. CW Faulkner series 158. Date: 1902
Front cover, The Scottish Students Song Book, published for the Song Book Committee of the Students Representative Councils of Scotland
Music cover, Alexandra Music Books, Songs of the Emerald Isle
Miriam playing a lute
Mary Queen of Scots and her chamberlain, ChatelardMary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) and her chamberlain, Pierre de Bocosel de Chatelard (or Chastelard, 1540-1562). 16th century
Angel Trio Date: 1859
Frederick LeightonGirl with a lute. Artist: Frederick Leighton Date: circa 1880
Gothic Art. Spain. The Virgin and Child. Gothic painting. Anonymous Hispano-Flemish.16th century. Triptych. Central panel. Provincial Museum of Huesca. Aragon
French Theatre -- Sottie du Prince des SotzSottie du Prince des Sotz (Foolery from the Prince of Fools), by Pierre Gringore (Gringoire). Showing a musician in a red and grey fools costume, standing on one leg and playing the mandolin