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Renaissance Ivory Lute - Image 2
1480-1500 c.
National Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, United States
This treble lute is believed to be the earliest surviving "all-ivory" lute. Its body, neck, and pegbox are made of ivory and/or are covered with ivory veneer. The soundboard is made of fir. A geometric rose (soundhole) based on a pattern of interlocking squares is set into the belly.
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Details
- Title: Renaissance Ivory Lute - Image 2
- 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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