Woman playing a lute

Unknown (British)

Item type:

decorative art

Date of creation:

ca. 1645

Height:

14.5 cm  (5 11/16 in.)

Width:

63.1 cm  (24 13/16 in.)

Depth:

52.0 cm  (20 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

Metal frame worked with glass beads, applied motifs of gold and silver leafed paper and linen, plain weave; beaded

Description

Left of center, a seated woman plays a lute.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 3 (44da71). RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

2027