Lute Collection (page 2)

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

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, 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

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, music
Postcard 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. With a portrait of Princess Alexandra of Wales when she received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music (DMus) at Trinity College

Miriam playing a lute

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

Angel Trio Date: 1859

Frederick Leighton
Girl 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 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

Chinese instruments: Huch in, Sheng, San-hsien and Pipa.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique

Troubadour

Musical instrument maker Johann Reiter of Mittenwald, Germany, surrounded by his wonderful creations, from lutes and cellos to violas and violins

Kitch Nativity Scene with Angels
Kitch representation of an Angelic Host surrounding the crib of the Infant Jesus. The central eldest Angel is playing a variant of a lute

Angelic Guitarist
PUTO CHE SUONA LA GUITARRA - a young angel plays the guitar

Amor Victorious, 1601-1602, by Caravaggio (1573-1610)
Caravaggio (1573-1610). Italian painter. Amor Victorious, 1601-1602. Detail. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Music Lesson
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). French painter. The Music Lesson (1717). Wallace Collection. London. England. United Kingdom. Date: 1717

Japanese stringed instruments: Siamisen, kokiu and biwa.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique

WATTEAU de LILLE, Louis-Joseph Watteau, called (1731-1798). Street musicians (Musiciens ambulants). Rococo. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum

Harlequin, Columbine and Scaramouche
Harlequin illustration, showing Harlequin and Columbine dancing, accompanied by Scaramouche playing a lute, and a second woman. Date: 1923

Johann Ulrich Haffner
JOHANN ULRICH HAFFNER German musician, playing the lute, for which he was famous. Date: 1711 - 1767

The harmony of the spheres. Apollo, god of music, oversees the eight muses connected to eight gods and goddess. Date: 15th century

Victorian reconstruction of medieval music making
Musicians stroll passed a medieval wall garden, in this Victorian reconstruction. Date: 1685

A 17th century music school. A teacher sits at a table and points to a musical score while three boys sing; an older man looks on. A horn, lute and violin rest on the shelf. Date: 17th century

Com. Dell arte Trivelino
Trivelino, playing the mandolin

Salvation Army Band
A womens band, mostly armed with tambourines, but the leader has an accordeon, and a few have stringed instruments including - unexpectedly - what looks like a lute

The Tatler Christmas number cover by John Hassall
Front cover of The Tatler, Christmas Number 1935 featuring a medieval minstrel playing some form of string instrument - a lute? Date: 1935

Musical group in an Arabic cafe in Egypt
Ensemble of male and female Egyptian musicians in western and traditional dress. In the back, men are holding traditional Arabic instruments such as a traditional lute (oud)

A Florentine Singer by Paul Dubois - Musee du Luxembourg. Date: circa 1910s

Theatre Characters - Comedy. 19th century

Man playing the lute. circa 1640

A Song of May - A Pierrot with a lute and a Carnival Girl. Date: 1905

Aleppo, Syria - Arab Musicians
Aleppo, Syria - Four Arab Musicians surrounding a chap having a wonderful time with his nargile pipe and small table full of drinks. He is protected by a small canopy. Date: circa 1910s

Kokand, Uzbekistan - Local Tea Shop with Musician playing a dutar (Duttar, dutor, dotar or doutar) - a traditional long-necked two-stringed lute found in Iran and Central Asia

Boy & a lute
Young boy in medaeval dress with a lute seranading his love. Date: 1922

Gothic altarpiece of Santes Creus. Painted by Guerau Gener and Lluis Borrassa, 1407-1411. Detail. Angel. Cathedral of Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain

Pastoral dance. 18th century. Colored engraving

Troubadours singing and reciting a poem, written in Occitan. 12th and 13th centuries. Colored engraving

Moroccan musician playing in a market. Marrakech. Early 20th century. Engraving

Birth of Mary. Codex of Predis (1476). Italy
Birth of Mary. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Lute. XIX century. Greece
Lute of the end of XIX century decorated in ivory. Museum of Greek Folk Instruments. Athens. Greece

Victorian Transfer design, three musicians. 19th century

Victorian Photo Album - oval mirror design. 19th century

Anne Lady Fanshawe
ANNE, LADY FANSHAWE (nee Harrison) singer, lute-player, French scholar, wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, diplomat. Date: 1625 - 1680

Ann Duchess Cumberland 2
ANN (nee Luttrell) duchess of CUMBERLAND, widow of Andrew Horton, subsequently wife of Henry Frederick, duke of Cumberland, brother of George III : depicted with a lute. Date: ? - 1803

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