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Renaissance Ivory Lute - Image 3
1480-1500 c.
National Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, United States
This ivory lute has four double courses, a single treble string (chanterelle), and notches for nine gut frets. Since it is a treble (soprano) instrument, this lute is only 23 inches long.
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Details
- Title: Renaissance Ivory Lute - Image 3
- Creator: D. G.
- Date Created: 1480-1500 c.
- Location Created: Northern Italy (possibly Venice)
- Type: plucked stringed musical instrument
- Rights: © National Music Museum
- Provenance: Ex coll.: Lord Waldorf Astor, Cliveden-on-Thames, England.
- Photo Credit: Bill Willroth, Sr.
- Credit: Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984
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