(Woman playing 13-course lute)

 

Jorgen Storck

  1880 - 1924

1910  

watercolor and drawing 

5 1/2 x 7" image 

pencil signed, lower right 

1 of 1 unique 

pencil dated "Nov. 1910" below signature; pencil dedicated to Brochner in image, lower right 

 

ivory wove 

 

 

2335 

$400.00 

From the collection of Danish critic and author Georg Bröchner, who wrote for the British art magazine "The Studio" in the early 20th century. It was not uncommon in the early 20th century for women of means to learn classical instruments of ancient descent, in addition to more traditional instruments such as the piano. The 13-course lute, illustrated here, was designed in the 1720s, and was the preferred style used by composers such as Johannes S. Bach. The pegbox is extended to make room for longer bass strings, allowing for a richer sound.