Sundial in the form of a mandolin - Project Gutenberg eText 15050
Diptych sundial in the form of a lute, circa 1612. The gnomons-style is a string stretched between a horizontal and vertical face. This sundial also has a small nodus (a bead on the string) that tells time on... More
Baschenis - Musical Instruments. 17th century painting
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Behmer - Reclining Odalisque
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Eugene de Blaas The Friendly Gossips
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Leighton-Duty-1883-Detail 1 - Public domain portrait painting
NaN Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A palace concert - Tang Dynasty
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Yanju's tomb, lute player - 中國歷史圖片，維基媒體
Yanju's tomb. A lute player. This is one of the earliest pictures of a lute in China. Shaped like a pipa, but with distinct neck. Painting from Yanju's tomb, also known as Jiuquan Dingjia Gate No. 5 Tomb (的酒泉丁家... More
Pickersgill Henry W. - A Young Greek Woman - Google Art Project
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Böhnlich Stillleben mit Globus 1878
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Francois J Jacobs Kurze Freiheit für den Liebling
Deutsch: Kurze Freiheit für den Liebling, signiert Fr. Jacobs,Öl auf Holz, 61 x 43,5 cm
Guercino L'amore virtuoso - Public domain dedication image
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Salvatore Postiglione Motiv aus dem Decamerone
Deutsch: Motiv aus der Erzählung des Dekameron (Il Decamerone) von Giovanni Boccaccio
Tito Conti Der Brief 1878. Painting sold at Dorotheum
Der Brief, signiert, datiert Tito Conti (1)878 (?), Öl auf Holz, 38 x 27,5 cm
Bartolomeo Bettera - A still life of musical instruments
Public domain image of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
CH-NB - Prov. 6 - Collection Gugelmann - GS-GUGE-PROV-6
Prov. 6 Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gentile Bellini - Procession in St. Mark's Square (Galleria dell'Accad...
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Hans Holbein d. J. 030 - A musical instrument sitting on top of a wood...
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Stefan Lochner Madonna im Rosenhag
Madonna and Child Public domain photograph of 15th-century, early renaissance art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Willem Pietersz. Buytewech 002 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Pa...
Public domain photo of Dutch art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Rote - Pearson Scott Foresman Archives
Rote guitars Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kalckreuth Geschwisterpaar mit Laute
Deutsch: Geschwisterpaar mit Laute. Public domain painting - children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Antoine Le Nain - Réunion musicale
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Kessel, Jan van Sr. - Allegory of Hearing
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Willem van Mieris - The neglected Lute RCIN 405543
This image is available from the Netherlands Institute for Art Historyunder digital ID 235546. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. Se... More
Hugo-de-Groot-Johann-Niclas-Serlin-Drey-Bücher-von-Kriegs-und-Friedens...
Illustrated title page "Hugo Grotius von Kriegs- und Friedens-Rechten Drey Bücher mit dem kern aller Commentatoren Anmerkungen sambt Tabellen über das gantze Werk Mit Ihro Römisch Kaiserliche Majestät aller gnä... More
Joannes-Joachim-von-Rusdorf-Consilia-et-negotia-politica MG 0895
A female laurelled angel in a library with two putti writes "Immortalitati" in an open book. Coats of arms. Library departments: A globe, pair of compasses, compass. Musical instruments on the floor: a lute, fl... More
Berlocker, åtta stycken, 1800-tal - Hallwylska museet - 110491
Note: For documentary purposes the original description has been retained. Factual corrections and alternative descriptions are encouraged separately from the original description.Berlocker, åtta stycken, 1800... More
Halsur i form av en luta, 1800-tal - Hallwylska museet - 110406
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Halsur i form av en luta, baksida, 1800-tal - Hallwylska museet - 1104...
Note: For documentary purposes the original description has been retained. Factual corrections and alternative descriptions are encouraged separately from the original description.Halsur i form av en luta, bak... More
Byzantine Pandore
Roman or Byzantine Pandoura (aka. Pandore or Pandura) from a 6th Century AD mosaic from Constantinople at the Great Palace of the Byzantine Emperors. George Henry Farmer named it a 3-string pandoura in his Oct... More
Cappella Palatina-ceiling-Female musician
A musician on the ceiling of the Capella Palatina in Palmero, Sicily, c. 1131-1140 A.D. Identified by the source a female musician. She is playing a rebab or bowed rubab.
Capellapalatinamusician
Lute or oud from the Capella Palatina in Palermo, Sicily, c. 1131-1140.
European viol in Japan
Painting of a European viol, being played in Japanese painting from Momoyama period (1573-1615). Labeled at the Yamato Bunka-kan museum in Nara, Japan, "Fujo dankin-zu [Woman playing a koto (or koto-like instr... More
Funerary bed for Sogdian tradesman An Qie, Xi’an, showing dancer perfo...
Artwork from the grave of a Sogdian merchant An Qie, showing a dancer doing the Sogdian Whirl. Image from 579 A.D. grave in Xi'an (China).
Girl tuning Egyptian lute at Rekhmire
Female musician tuning her Egyptian lute, pulling the string upward from below while the hand at the top secures the tension. A linen string wrapped around the string being tightened (one of the tassels) will ... More
Homme-orchestre
Français : Musee de Bretagne, Collection Arts graphiques
Iranian or Persian youth playing tar or rubab
Safavid dynasty era image of an Iranian/Persian youth playing a musical instrument. Could be a tar. Tars today have two skin tops, with connected sound passage beneath. The illustrated instrument appears to ha... More
Kloeber Romantical Drawing - Drawing. Public domain image.
Polski: grafika (zapewne akwarela), autor: August von Kloeber, rozmiar oryginału: 25.6 x 18.7 cm
Lute-family instrumentalist at Capella Palatina 2
Lute player with lute-family instrument at the Capella Palatina. 11th century.
Lute-family instrumentalist at Capella Palatina
Lute player with lute-family instrument at the Capella Palatina. 11th century.
Mogao Cave 301, Northern Zhou Dynasty
Mogao Cave 301, Northern Zhou Dynasty, (557-581). Apsara/Feitian flying in the sky, playing a lute-family instrument.
Mogao Cave 322 Apsara playing lute-family instrument
Mogao Cave 322, Early Tang Dynasty (618-704). Apsara playing lute-family instrument.
Moon Lute from Western Wei Dynasty 535-557, 285th Cave of Mogao Caves
A lute resembling a yueqin moon lute, from the Western Wei Dynasty 535-557, 285th Cave of Mogao Caves, painted in the "Xiu Gu Qing Xiang" style.
Pipa from Yulin caves, cave 10, Western Xia period 1028-1227
Pipa from Yulin caves, cave 10, Western Xia period (1028-1227 A.D.)
Pipa player - Yulin Cave 15
Painting from the Tang Dynasty era of an apsara flying with a pipa (Chinese lute), in the Yulin caves. Paintings from this cave were "restored" or repainted in the Song, Western Xia, Yuan, and Qing dynasties. ... More
Reza Abbasi painting of Dutch musician with viol
Painting by Reza Abassi showing a man dressed as a European playing what is (probably) a viol. The viol was a plucked instrument, related to the vihuela and later turned into a bowed instrument. Smithsonian a... More
Syrian lute 8th century - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph
Fresco dating back to the Umayyad era from Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbî, part of a larger work showing two musicians and a rider shooting a bow. The palace was palace built during the reign of Hisham bin Abdul Malik... More
Cantigas de Santa María, Codex of the musicians, B-I-2 162R lute rebab
Cantigas de Santa María, Codex of the musicians, B-I-2 162R lute rebab
Cantigas de Santa María, Codex of the musicians, B-I-2 162R lute, reba...
Cantigas de Santa María, Codex of the musicians, B-I-2 162R lute, rebab, musical notation
Cappella Palatina-ceiling-ISL15118
Lute on the ceiling of the Cappella Palatina, in Palermo, Sicily http://warfare.6te.net/12/Cappella_Palatina-ceiling-3.htm
Cappella Palatina-ceiling-ISL15015
Lute on the ceiling of the Cappella Palatina, in Palermo, Sicily http://warfare.6te.net/12/Cappella_Palatina-ceiling-Tanbur_player.htm
Cappella Palatina-ceiling-ISL15017
Lute and Maghreb rebab on the ceiling of the Cappella Palatina, in Palermo, Sicily http://warfare.6te.net/12/Cappella_Palatina-ceiling-3.htm
Cappella Palatina-ceiling-ISL15164
Lute player on the ceiling of the Palatine Chapel, circa 1140 A.D.
Ferdinand Wagner Still life with musical instruments
Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jean Carolus A lady and her maid
A lady and her maid. Signed. Watercolour 42 x 32.5 cm
Harley Psalter folio 24v instruments
Harley Psalter (Harly MS 603), folio 24v instruments. From the left a fingerhole horn/trumpet, harp, fingerhole horn/trumpet, lute. (The lute is also in the Utrecht Psalter, with more detail). Francis W. Galpi... More
Harley Psalter folio 24v, closeup of music and dance
Harley Psalter (Harley MS 603) folio 24v, closeup of music and dance. rom the left a fingerhole horn/trumpet, harp, fingerhole horn/trumpet, lute. (The lute is also in the Utrecht Psalter, with more detail). F... More
J A T Jahreszeiten c1750 Frühling
Allegorie des Frühlings, signiert unten rechts: J.A. T. Dresdner Schule, um 1750. Gouache auf Pergament. Ca. 8 x 14 cm Counterpart: Winter
Orbis Pictus b 204
John Amos Comenius: Orbis Pictus Author Johann Amos Comenius Start this Book Title Orbis sensualium pictus Deutsch: Die sichtbare Welt Publisher Michael Endter Object type written work Language ge... More
European in Japan playing viol.jpg color modified
Painting of a European viol, being played in Japanese painting from Momoyama period (1573-1615). Label at the Yamato Bunka-kan museum (大和文華館) in Nara, Japan says "Woman playing a harp" (「婦女弾琴図」Fujo dankin-zu).... More
European in Japan playing viol
Painting of a European viol, being played in Japanese painting from Momoyama period (1573-1615). Labeled at the Yamato Bunka-kan museum in Nara, Japan, Woman playing a harp (「婦女弾琴図」Fujo dankin-zu).[1]
La Roche Geschichte von Miß Lony illustration
Illustration zu: Sophie von La Roche: Geschichte von Miß Lony und der schöne Bund. Gotha, Ettinger, 1789.
Interieurszene mit Gelehrtem und Frau am Tisch NL
Deutsch: Interieurszene mit Gelehrtem und Frau am Tisch, im Hintergrund Musikinstrumente. Öl auf Leinwand. 55 x 44,5 cm.
Peter Franchoys - Two musicians
Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Qiu Ying-Han Palace Spring Daybreak Literati Painting
Han Palace - Spring Daybreak, scroll, color on silk, 30.6 x 574.1 cm. Located at the w:en:National Palace Museum.
At Cupid's Shrine
"At Cupid's Shrine"
Cappella Palatina-ceiling-ISL15148
Lute players in the Palatine Chapel.
Cappella Palatina-ceiling-ISL15092
Lute on the ceiling of the Cappella Palatina, in Palermo, Sicily http://warfare.6te.net/12/Cappella_Palatina-ceiling-2.htm
Cappella Palatina-ceiling-ISL15094
Maghreb rebab on the ceiling of the Cappella Palatina, in Palermo, Sicily; Unknown 12th century painter
Michelino Molinari da Besozzo - Fragment of a Historiated Initial from...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Jacques Linard - The Five Senses and the Four Elements - WGA13049
Public domain photo of French art painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Hendrik ter Brugghen - Het duet
Public domain photograph of musician playing music, musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Claesz., Pieter - Still Life with Musical Instruments - 1623
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Heem, Jan Davidsz. de - A Table of Desserts - 1640
Picryl description: Public domain image of catering, dinner table arrangement, caterer, restaurant, food, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Jan Davidsz. de Heem - A Table of Desserts - WGA11289
Public domain photo of French art painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Hendrick ter Brugghen, Young Woman Tuning a Lute, 1626-7
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Margaret Dicksee The children of Charles I
The Children of Charles I.' Lancashire, Oldham Art Gallery (exhibited in 1895, purchased in 1896) - After the execution of the king, his younger children, Elizabeth and Henry, were confined in Carisbrooke Castle.
The Ambassadors, detail of globe, lute, and books, by Hans Holbein the...
Detail of Double Portrait of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, called The Ambassadors, oil and tempera on oak wood, National Gallery, London. This lower shelf between the two ambassadors shows a terr... More
Banquet Still Life, Adriaen van Utrecht, 1644 - Rijksmuseum
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Pronkstilleven Stilleven, SK-C-301
Public domain image of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Western Wei Pottery Camel with Silk (47429674092)
Shaanxi History Museum, Xi'an. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
Young man in European dress playing on a lute, Iran, 1630s
Young man in European dress playing on a lute Iran, 1630s Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Smithsonian accession number: F1929.77.
Musée Cernuschi - figure 9
Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France - figure. The original work is old enough so that copyright (if any) has long since expired. The museum imposed no restrictions on photography (except prohibiting flash) in writin... More
B Pierpont 174v - Public domain dedication image
Page from the medieval book "Commentary on the Apocalypse". Each book was hand copied, including the art, making each copy unique. This page comes from the Morgan Beatus copy, also known as the Beatus of San Mi... More
Christian and Muslim playing ouds Catinas de Santa Maria by king Alfon...
Christian_and_Muslim_playing_ouds Public domain photograph of medieval art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Egyptian lute players 001 - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph
Egyptian lute players. Fresco found in Thebes, from the tomb of Nebamun, a nobleman in the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt (c. 1350 BC).
Lute Utrecht Psalter - Drawing. Public domain image.
Long necked lute in Utrecht Psalter, 9th century (String instruments between cithara/lyre and lute. See also: Category:Crwth and Category:Citole) References Paul Butler. The Citole Project. Historical Instrum... More
Mongolian lute, circa 1279-1368, Tomb of Wang Qing
Mongolian lute, circa 1297, Tomb of Wang Qing. Instrument spears to be part of rubab family.
Still life, mandore and citole
Image by Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, known as the painter Giorgione. The still life was reported by the image source to be painted in 1510. At that time the common round small lute was the mandore. Th... More
Indo Greek Banquet
Wine-drinking and music, Hadda, 1st-2nd century CE. Relief sculpture from from the site of hadda, chakhil-i-ghoundi monastery, 2nd-3rd century.
Francesco D'Antonio Di Bartolommeo - Madonna and Child with Music-Maki...
Public domain photo of an Italian art painting, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Vergänglichkeitsbuch 214 102v Totentanz, illuminated manuscript
Seite aus dem so genannten "Zimmerischen Totentanz" im Vergänglichkeitsbuch des Wilhelm Werner von Zimmern, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod. Don. A III 54, fol. 102v, Die Nonne
Joueur de luth accompagné d’un buveur de vin – XVe siècle
Français : Art abbasside ; joueur de luth accompagnant un buveur de vin
Bechar - Monument بشار - معلم تذكاري
العربية: معلم تذكاري ل علا الفوندو "عبد العزيز عبد الله" بمدينة بشار Français : Monument pour Alla El Foundou "Abdelaziz Abdellah" dans la ville de Bechar
Angel Playing the Lute by Fra Bartolommeo, chalk
Angel Playing the Lute by Fra Bartolommeo, black and white chalks on beige laid paper, squared for transfer in black and red chalks, 14¼ x 10¼ in. (36.2 cm x 26.04 cm), Crocker Art Museum
Friedrich Geselschap 082 - Public domain dedication image
Knabe mit Laute
Hans burgkmair musikantenda
Deutsch: Ein Exemplar aus der Reihe "Musikantendarstellungen" Public domain scan of 16th-century woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of woodcut... More
Picryl description: Public domain image of renaissance painting, 15th-...
Public domain image of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Barbed rubab (lute), 1660-1670 CE, Golkonda
Barbed rubab (lute), 1660-1670 CE, Golkonda. This style of rubab has also been called the seni rubab in India. The name may have been a "corruption" of the Persian phrase "Sen-e-Rabab", meaning "rubab of Tansen."[1]