Stringed Instrument Collection (page 30)

An angel playing the lute, 15th century. Artist: Melozzo da Forli
An angel playing the lute, 15th century. Fragment of a fresco, from the Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome

Centre panel of the Ortenberg Altarpiece, c1410-1420. Artist: Master of the Ortenberg Altar
Centre panel of the Ortenberg Altarpiece, c1410-1420. The Virgin and Child surrounded by Saints Anne, Elizabeth, Mary Cleophas, Mary Salome, Agnes (with Lamb), Barbara (with Castle)

The Mozart family in Paris in 1763. Artist: Louis de Carmontelle
The Mozart family in Paris in 1763. Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) is the violinist, the singer is his daughter Maria-Anna (Nannerl) (1751-1829)

The Five Senses, late 16th century. Artist: Adriaen Collaert
The Five Senses, late 16th century. Man entertained by the Five Senses: Sight, holding a mirror, accompanied by an eagle; Taste, with a basket of fruit; Smell

Various musical instruments and sounds, Wurtemberg, c1850. Key: 1) Condensed and rarified sound waves: 2) Echoes: 4) Megaphone: 5) Ear trumpet: 6) Speaking tube: 7) The Ear: 10-20) Musical instruments

Bulls Head on Sounding Box of Harp, Royal Tombs of Ur, c2500 BC. The Royal Cemetery at Ur is an archaeological site in modern-day Dhi Qar Governorate in southern Iraq

Minoan bronze of a harpist, at the Archaeological Museum in Heracleion, Crete

Cycladic harp-player made of marble
Cycladic harp-player from Keros, made of Parthian marble. From the National Archaeological Museums collection in Athens

Concert, late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Francesco Rustici
Concert, late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State M Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

Farm Courtyard (A Country Musician), 18th century. Artist: Pietro Antonio Novelli
Farm Courtyard (A Country Musician), 18th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Roman relief of a girl with a lute, 1st century
Roman relief of a girl with a lute from Merida, Spain, 1st century

Neo-Attic relief of the Muse Citharide
Hellenistic Neo-Attic relief of the Muse Citharide, from Babakoy near Bulikesir, Turkey. From the Archaeological Museums collection in Istanbul

Chinese sculpture of a girl playing a stringed instrument from the Eastern Museum in Berlin

Queens Lyre from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. Stringed instrument with a bulls head. The front panels are made of lapis lazuli, shell and red limestone originally set in bitumen

Egyptian funerary slab of Diedkhonsu Soefankh, a musician of Amon. He plays his harp before Re-Harakated. From the Louvres collection

Two lovers, 16th century. German

King David playing his harp before the Ark, mid 19th century. David and all the house of Israel brought up the Ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet

David Praising the Lord, c1808. King David praising the Lord and playing the harp. From the Bible (Psalms 150.3)

The Mozart Family, 1780-1781. Artist: Johann Nepomuk Della Croce
The Mozart Family, 1780-1781. Leopold (1719-1787), leaning, holding his violin with his daughter Maria-Anna (Nannerl) (1751-1829) and son Wolfgang Amadaeus (1756-1791) at the keyboard

St Cecilia or Cecile, legendary Roman martyr, 19th century. In 1584 Saint Cecilia (fl 3rd century) became patron saint of music when selected by the Academy of Music in Rome

Greek gods Pluto and Persephone sit with Cerberus, the three-headed dog, (15th century)
Pluto and Persephone enthroned: the God and goddess of the underworld, they sit with the three-headed dog, Cerberus, at their feet

Interior of Haddon Hall, 19th century. Artist: Laslett John Pott
Interior of Haddon Hall, 19th century. Painting by Laslett John Pott (1837-1898), British history painter, showing Haddon Hall near Bakewell, Derbyshire, in Elizabethan times

David, c1410. Artist: Lorenzo Monaco
David, c1410. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Two Boys and a Girl making Music, 1629. Artist: Jan Miense Molenaer
Two Boys and a Girl making Music, 1629

Study of a Nude, 1880. Artist: Paul Gauguin
Study of a Nude, 1880. From the collection of the Glyptothek Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

An Angel in Green with a Vielle, c1500. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
An Angel in Green with a Vielle, c1500. This painting, together with An Angel in Red with a Lute came from the same altarpiece as The Virgin of the Rocks

An Angel in Red with a Lute, 1490-1499. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
An Angel in Red with a Lute, 1490-1499. This painting, together with An Angel in Green with a Vielle came from the same altarpiece as The Virgin of the Rocks

The Nativity, 1470-1475. Artist: Piero della Francesca
The Nativity, 1470-1475. The Virgin in a blue robe kneels before the infant Jesus lying on the corner of her cloak. St Joseph sits on a saddle and listens to the shepherds

Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), French composer

Mozart Wins the Heart of Royalty c1763 (early 20th century). Artist: C Dudley Tennant
Mozart Wins the Heart of Royalty c1763 (early 20th century). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) at the age of seven playing his violin in front of the Empress Maria Theresa and her husband

The Ambassadors, 1533. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
The Ambassadors, 1533. Double portrait by Hans Holbein (1497-1543) of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve. In the foreground is a distorted skull, representing mortality

Lute Player, 1624. Artist: Gerrit van Honthorst
Lute Player, 1624. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Old, Old Tune, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Old, Old Tune, 1873. Prince Alfred serenades his bride to be. Her Russian ancestry is illustrated in the two bears on the crest beneath her windowsill

A Voice from the Spirit-Woolsack, 1865. Two men riding on a flying banjo. Flying with them is a violin, a tambourine, accordion, a bell, and trumpet. A hand appears holding the letter A

The Golden Wedding; or, Fifty Years Jubilee of Peace, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
The Golden Wedding; or, Fifty Years Jubilee of Peace, 1865. This Jubilee is celebrated by Punch and shows, left to right, John Bull, Napoleon III, France and Britannia

Alyn Shipton, 2017. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Alyn Shipton Buck Clayton Legacy Band, 2017

Cecil McBee, 2015. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Cecil McBee, The Cookers, Gateshead International Jazz Festival, 2015

Matt Penman, 2011. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Matt Penman, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2011

Phil Donkin, 2011. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Phil Donkin, BBC Big Band, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2011

Lawrence Cottle, 2012. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Lawrence Cottle, Scarborough Jazz Festival, 2012

Matt Ridley, 2012. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Matt Ridley, Scarborough Jazz Festival, 2012

Lucinda Bell, 2011. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Lucinda Bell, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2011

Mick Hutton, 2011. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Mick Hutton with Guy Barker and Clark Tracey, Jazz on a Winters Weekend, Southport, 2011

Nigel Kennedy, 2009. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Nigel Kennedy, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2009

Nigel Kennedy, 2010. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Nigel Kennedy, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2010

Henry Grimes, 2009. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Henry Grimes, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2009

Bluesman, 2011. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Bluesman, Bonita Blues Festival, Florida, 2011

Viktoria Mullova, 2017. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Viktoria Mullova, London Jazz Festival, 2017

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