String Instruments

Woman running with lyre and child (PUAM y98 d). Russian - 7th-9th C.

Bridge for six-stringed instrument (York Archeological Trust 9039). England - ca. 975-11th C.

Chittara Battente (Cleveland Museum of Art 1918.360). Italy - 15th C.

Portrait of a Musician by Filippino Lippi (National Gallery of Ireland NGI.470). late 1480s

Sgra-Snyan (The Met 1989.55). Tibet - 14th-15th C.

Rebecchino (The Met 64.101.1409). Italy - 1420

The Lute Player and the Harpist by Israhel van Meckenem (National Gallery of Art 1952.8.263). Germany - ca. 1495-1503

NSFW Allegorical female figure with songbook, gamba and cat by Hans Baldung Gen. Grien (Bavarian State Painting Collections 1423). Germany - 1st half of 16th C. 

Virginal (The Met 53.6a, b). Italy - 1540

"Bahrām Gūr in the Black Pavilion" and "Bahrām Gūr in the Green Pavilion" from the Khamsa of Niẓāmī (SLAM 292:1949 & 397:1952). Persia - early-mid 16th C.

Baffo harpsichord by Giovanni Antonio Baffo (V&A Museum 6007:1 to 3-1859). Italy - 1574

Virginal by Annibale Rossi (V&A Museum 809-1869). Italy - 1577

Qin (Seven-stringed zither) (The Met 1981.242.3). China - late 16th C.

Rectangular Octave Virginal (The Met 89.4.1778). Germany - 1600

A Young Dancer in a Landscape (LACMA M.73.5.480). Iran - ca. 1600 

Koto (The Met 2007.194a–f). Japan - early 17th C.


Harps

Harps on Heraldic Art.


Harp head fittings (National Museum of Ireland R2316). Ireland – 16th C.

David and Bathsheba by Lucas Cranach the Elder (Gemäldegalerie 567B). 1526 


Lutes

Lutes on Heraldic Art.


The Lute Player and the Singer by Israhel van Meckenem (National Gallery of Art 1951.10.102). Germany - ca. 1495-1503

Giovanni Filoteo Achillini by Marcantonio Raimondi (National Gallery of Art 1943.3.7347). Italy – ca. 1500-34

A Lute Player (Gemäldegalerie 1795). before 1520

Lute (V&A Museum 194:1, 2-1882). Italy - 1540

Lute body (V&A Museum 193-1882). Italy - ca. 1550

Young Woman Playing a Lute by Parrasio Micheli (MFAH BF.1978.23). Italy – ca. 1570

Pipa (The Met 50.145.74). China - late 16th–early 17th C.


Lyres

Lyre on Heraldic Art.


Dish (V&A Museum C.2117-1910). Italy - 1525

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