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Possible sanxian (left) and pipa, from a 762-827 A.D. painting in the Mogao caves near Dunhuang―Grotto 46 Left interior wall, second panel. Also called cave 112. It has been suggested that sanxian, a form of spike lute, may have its origin in the Middle East, and older forms of spike lute were also found in ancient Egypt. [1]
The Lute Player is influenced by Caravaggio's early genre scenes, especially Caravaggio's own c. 1600 painting of the same name in the Hermitage Museum. [6] In turn, Gentileschi's painting was the inspiration for Giuseppe Crespi's c. 1700–1705 Woman Playing a Lute . [ 1 ]
National Gallery of Art artwork ID: 46434 ; Zeri image ID: 48061 ; Source/Photographer: ... "Orazio Gentileschi, The Lute Player, c. 1612/1620, oil on canvas, overall ...
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Liuqin – small plucked, fretted lute with a pear-shaped body and four and five strings; Ruan (Chinese: 阮; pinyin: ruǎn) – moon-shaped lute in five sizes: gaoyin-, xiao-, zhong-, da-, and diyin-; sometimes called ruanqin (阮琴) Yueqin – plucked lute with a wooden body, a short fretted neck, and four strings tuned in pairs
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The painting has symbolism in the headscarf and outfit that portray Gentileschi in a costume that resembles a Romani woman. [5] Self-Portrait as a Lute Player has been interpreted as Gentileschi portraying herself as a knowledgeable musician, [4] a self portrayal as a prostitute, [6] and as a fictive expression of one aspect of her identity. [7]
Lutes are stringed musical instruments that include a body and "a neck which serves both as a handle and as a means of stretching the strings beyond the body". [1]The lute family includes not only short-necked plucked lutes such as the lute, oud, pipa, guitar, citole, gittern, mandore, rubab, and gambus and long-necked plucked lutes such as banjo, tanbura, bağlama, bouzouki, veena, theorbo ...