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Lute Collection

Background imageLute Collection: Piero della Francesca, Italian painter

Piero della Francesca, Italian painter
Renaissance Art. Italy. 15th century. Piero della Francesca (c.1420-1492). Italian painter. The Nativity, 1470-75. Tempera on panel. National Gallery. London. England. UK

Background imageLute Collection: Chinese ti-tzu, so-na, yueh-ch in, la-pa

Chinese ti-tzu, so-na, yueh-ch in, la-pa and Japanese hiji-riki.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Background imageLute Collection: Mary Qoss Messenger

Mary Qoss Messenger
A 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

Background imageLute Collection: Lady Plays Lute at Knole

Lady Plays Lute at Knole
An aristocratic lady plays her lute in a room at Knole, Kent

Background imageLute Collection: Angel playing a lute, Melozzo da Forli

Angel playing a lute, Melozzo da Forli
Melozzo 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

Background imageLute Collection: Chinese musical instruments

Chinese musical instruments
A 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)

Background imageLute Collection: Viol d amour, mandore, Spanish guitar and lute

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

Background imageLute Collection: The concert, showing a group of players by Gerald de Honthor

The concert, showing a group of players by Gerald de Honthor
A group of musicians with a lady playing a lute, 17th century. Date: 1939

Background imageLute Collection: Medieval frolics: wine, women and song

Medieval frolics: wine, women and song
An alfresco medieval social gathering, with mixed bathing and music making. Date: c.1430

Background imageLute Collection: Georgian country folk with musical instruments

Georgian country folk with musical instruments
Georgia - Georgian country folk with musical instruments including a boy with a thin drum and a woman holding a stringed instrument, similar to a lute

Background imageLute Collection: 16th Century Musicians 1

16th Century Musicians 1
A piper performs with players of three types of stringed instruments - a rebec, a lute and a harp

Background imageLute Collection: Secular Games held in Rome

Secular Games held in Rome
The Secular Games (Ludi Saeculares) are held in Rome to commemorate a 100-year span of Roman history

Background imageLute Collection: Lute Music by the Canal, Hendrick Sorgh

Lute Music by the Canal, Hendrick Sorgh
A lute player entertains a lady in a Dutch interior, seventeenth century. Date: 1939

Background imageLute Collection: Girl playing instrument

Girl playing instrument
A young Japanese woman with ribboned hair playing a stringed musical instrument, perhaps a version of a lute

Background imageLute Collection: LADY PLAYS LUTE AT KNOLE

LADY PLAYS LUTE AT KNOLE
An aristocratic lady plays her lute in a room at Knole, Kent

Background imageLute Collection: Chinese woman playing a Ruan

Chinese woman playing a Ruan (note the Western influence in her choice of footwear!). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageLute Collection: Old Chinese Manuscript

Old Chinese Manuscript
Fragment from a manuscript of the Uigur dynasty : figures are shown writing and reading, and one is playing a lute-like musical instrument

Background imageLute Collection: 'And there, leaning against a moss-grown crumbling tree

"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

Background imageLute Collection: The Wind's Tale - Edmund Dulac

The Wind's Tale - Edmund Dulac
She played upon the ringing lute, and sang to its tones'. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Date: 1911

Background imageLute Collection: Young girl in an elegant high-backed chair playing a lute

Young girl in an elegant high-backed chair playing a lute
Greetings 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

Background imageLute Collection: Chinese Musicians with traditional instruments, Hong Kong

Chinese Musicians with traditional instruments, Hong Kong
Chinese Musicians, Hong Kong. The instruments beinf played are (from left): Dizi, Pipa, Yangqin (Zither), SanXian (long-necked lute), Bangzi and Bangu percussion. Date: 1915

Background imageLute Collection: Oriental, 1892, by Francisco Masriera Manovens (1842-1902)

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

Background imageLute Collection: Silhouette - Postcard Design

Silhouette - Postcard Design
Attractive young lady playing a lute. Date: 1920s

Background imageLute Collection: Silhouette - Postcard Design

Silhouette - Postcard Design
Romantic scene. Couple dancing accompanied by a lute player. Date: 1920s

Background imageLute Collection: A mystical meal and King David playing psalms, 13th century

A mystical meal and King David playing psalms, 13th century
A 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

Background imageLute Collection: Sir Robert Gordon of Straloch, Scottish cartographer, 17th centu

Sir Robert Gordon of Straloch, Scottish cartographer, 17th centu
Sir 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

Background imageLute Collection: Trophies and bouquets, 18th century

Trophies and bouquets, 18th century

Background imageLute Collection: Tapestries and borders, 17th 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)

Background imageLute Collection: Costumes of the people of Russia in St. Petersburg, 1858

Costumes of the people of Russia in St. Petersburg, 1858
Costumes 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

Background imageLute Collection: Costumes of the people of Greece, 1858

Costumes of the people of Greece, 1858. Athenian musician with tzouras lute, girl with water jug, female servant and boy

Background imageLute Collection: Persian men exercising in a gymnasium, 1800s

Persian men exercising in a gymnasium, 1800s
Persian men exercising in a gymnasium, Persia (Iran), 1800s. One man walks on his hands, while others plank, wrestle, run up a wall, etc

Background imageLute Collection: The skeleton of Death and a minstrel

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

Background imageLute Collection: The pilgrim handed a letter by the skeleton of Death

The pilgrim handed a letter by the skeleton of Death
The 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

Background imageLute Collection: The skeleton of Death and the mother

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

Background imageLute Collection: Joseph Vernon as Thurio in Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1762

Joseph Vernon as Thurio in Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1762
Mr. 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

Background imageLute Collection: Women musicians playing lute, aulos, typanum, etc

Women musicians playing lute, aulos, typanum, etc
Bucolic scene of women musicians playing lute, aulos, typanum, etc. From a painting by old master in an 18th century art tutorial book

Background imageLute Collection: A woman holds a perfume flask as butterflies flutter around it

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

Background imageLute Collection: Two men playing checkers at a table, Bourbon Restoration

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

Background imageLute Collection: Roman era. Stele of Lutatia Lupata

Roman era. Stele of Lutatia Lupata. The young Lutatia is depicted playing a stringed instrument, of the pandarium type

Background imageLute Collection: An Italian youth accompanies a group of singers on a lute- like instrument with so long a neck that it reaches out of

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

Background imageLute Collection: The Song to the Moon - Kay Nielsen

The Song to the Moon - Kay Nielsen
The Song to the Moon - The Art of Kay Nielsen. Date: 1913

Background imageLute Collection: Algeria - African Gnawa Musician playing a traditional sintir

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

Background imageLute Collection: Elderly Moroccan man playing a sintir

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

Background imageLute Collection: When Love was Lost and Life was Vain: Pierrot Forlorn. In the Autumn of Youth

When Love was Lost and Life was Vain: Pierrot Forlorn. In the Autumn of Youth: " Fallen Leaves". Date: 1912

Background imageLute Collection: Initiation ceremony of disciples of Zoroastrianism

Initiation ceremony of disciples of Zoroastrianism
Initiation 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

Background imageLute Collection: Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia, sitting

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

Background imageLute Collection: Mummers in animal masks, 14th century

Mummers in animal masks, 14th century
Mummers in odd animal masks and colourful robes, 14th century, dancing to music played by a man on a lute with animal neck

Background imageLute Collection: Classical musical instruments

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

Background imageLute Collection: Thomas Rowlandson, The Honeymoon

Thomas Rowlandson, The Honeymoon - When the old fool has drunk his wine, and gone to rest - I will be thine. circa 1816

Background imageLute Collection: Historical Musical Instruments, Inventions Exhibition

Historical Musical Instruments, Inventions Exhibition
Various historical musical instruments displayed at the International Inventions Exhibition, a world fair held in 1885 in South Kensington, London

Background imageLute Collection: Violin and stringed musical instrument maker's workshop

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

Background imageLute Collection: Smart Gent sits beneath a tree and thinks of his love

Smart Gent sits beneath a tree and thinks of his love
Smart Gent sits beneath a tree with his lute, dreaming of his sweetheart and composing some lines of romantic poetry and song

Background imageLute Collection: The Triumph of Death, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Triumph of Death, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (circa 1525?1569), Flemish Renaissance painter. The Triumph of Death. Oil on panel. Museo del Prado. Madrid. Spain. Date: 1562

Background imageLute Collection: Death extinguishes the candles on an altar

Death extinguishes the candles on an altar of a Nun and her lover

Background imageLute Collection: STUART/ELIZABETH/COPE

STUART/ELIZABETH/COPE
PRINCESS ELIZABETH Death of the second daughter of Charles I, at Carisbrooke Castle on 8 September 1650 Date: 1635 - 1650

Background imageLute Collection: Man and woman of Murcia, Spain, 1818

Man and woman of Murcia, Spain, 1818. The man wears the traditional folk costume of jacket, sash and wide breeches

Background imageLute Collection: Man and woman of the Black Forest, Germany, 1818

Man and woman of the Black Forest, Germany, 1818. She holds a rake and he is sharpening a scythe ready for harvest

Background imageLute Collection: Young English gentleman gambling at Newmarket racetrack

Young English gentleman gambling at Newmarket racetrack
Young English gentleman placing a bet at a betting post at Newmarket racetrack

Background imageLute Collection: Tree carnation varieties, Dianthus caryophyllus

Tree carnation varieties, Dianthus caryophyllus: Ariadne 1, Beauty 2, Garibaldi 3, Perfection 4, Queen of Whites 5, Queen of Yellows 6

Background imageLute Collection: Dara Shukohs head presented to Aurangzeb, 1659

Dara Shukohs head presented to Aurangzeb, 1659
Dara 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

Background imageLute Collection: Group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806

Group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806
View 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

Background imageLute Collection: Two female dancers and two male dancers or Tschenky

Two female dancers and two male dancers or Tschenky
Two female Ottoman dancers with castanets, and two male dancers or Tschenky. Tschenky ou danseur publique, danseuse publique. Due Ballerine e Due Ballerini

Background imageLute Collection: Poster, Pasquali Films, Turin

Poster, Pasquali Films, Turin, Attract The World. circa 1912

Background imageLute Collection: Sailors listening to a Canta-Storia, Naples, Italy

Sailors listening to a Canta-Storia, Naples, Italy
Sailors 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

Background imageLute Collection: Country people dancing the Tarantella, Italy

Country people dancing the Tarantella, Italy, originating from Naples. Date: early 19th century

Background imageLute Collection: Country people dancing on return from the vintage, Italy

Country people dancing on return from the vintage, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Background imageLute Collection: Roman people dancing a Saltarello, Italy

Roman people dancing a Saltarello, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Background imageLute Collection: Norman musical instruments and a siege

Norman musical instruments and a siege
Norman 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

Background imageLute Collection: Pot with Chinese musicians playing cello

Pot with Chinese musicians playing cello and pipa from Nevers, France

Background imageLute Collection: Decorative rectangular plate from Rouen with handles

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

Background imageLute Collection: The Incomparable Ravel, French rope dancer

The Incomparable Ravel, French rope dancer
The incomparable Ravel, a guitar-playing French tightrope artist from the early 19th century, with two dancers on thick ropes

Background imageLute Collection: Skeleton of Death extinguishing candles before a Canoness

Skeleton of Death extinguishing candles before a Canoness
Skeleton of Death extinguishing candles on an altar before a Canoness as she listens to a young troubadour playing a lute

Background imageLute Collection: Foppish Pantaloon, Columbine in Italian dress

Foppish Pantaloon, Columbine in Italian dress and Pierrot with lute from the Harlequinade, or Italian comic theatre. From oil paintings in Kraussnitz Castle

Background imageLute Collection: View of the village of Nikali, Thessaly, Greece, 1821

View of the village of Nikali, Thessaly, Greece, 1821
View 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

Background imageLute Collection: Costume of the women of the island of Tino

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

Background imageLute Collection: Glamour, music

Glamour, music
Postcard illustration of two women by the sea, one playing a lute. CW Faulkner series 158. Date: 1902

Background imageLute Collection: Front cover, The Scottish Students Song Book

Front cover, The Scottish Students Song Book, published for the Song Book Committee of the Students Representative Councils of Scotland

Background imageLute Collection: Music cover, Alexandra Music Books

Music cover, Alexandra Music Books, Songs of the Emerald Isle

Background imageLute Collection: Miriam playing a lute

Miriam playing a lute

Background imageLute Collection: Mary Queen of Scots and her chamberlain, Chatelard

Mary Queen of Scots and her chamberlain, Chatelard
Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) and her chamberlain, Pierre de Bocosel de Chatelard (or Chastelard, 1540-1562). 16th century

Background imageLute Collection: Angel Trio Date: 1859

Angel Trio Date: 1859

Background imageLute Collection: Frederick Leighton

Frederick Leighton
Girl with a lute. Artist: Frederick Leighton Date: circa 1880

Background imageLute Collection: Gothic Art. Spain. The Virgin and Child

Gothic Art. Spain. The Virgin and Child. Gothic painting. Anonymous Hispano-Flemish.16th century. Triptych. Central panel. Provincial Museum of Huesca. Aragon

Background imageLute Collection: French Theatre -- Sottie du Prince des Sotz

French Theatre -- Sottie du Prince des Sotz
Sottie 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



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