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King David playing the vihuela.

(1570) -
instrument: viola da mano (vihuela) | century: 16cent/2/mid | catalogue nº: 16-203

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Artwork

Creator Campi , Bernardo

Medium Artwork: Painting

Location

City Florence Cremona | Region Italy | Old kingdom Italy

Characteristics
Body Corners Strings 6 strings Neck Obscured Pegbox Obscured
Bridge Obscured Frets Yes Back Flat Pegs Obscured
Technique Plucked fingers thumb in
Commentary

ARTWORK
Fresco on the interior of the dome of the church of S. Sigismondo de Cremona, 1570. The sketch for this painting is 16-214.

INSTRUMENT
A large viola da mano with cornered waists and a central rosette. Fretted neck with six strings visible. The end of the fingerboard and pegbox are hidden. Played with a thumb-in technique.

Reproductions

Gétreau, Florence. “L’iconographie de la vihuela”. Aux origines de la guitare: la vihuela de mano. Ed. Joël Dugot. Paris: Musée de la Musique, 2004. 41-49.

Grunfeld, Frederic V. The Art and Times of the Guitar: An Illustrated History of Guitars and Guitarists. New York: Collier Books, 1969.

Dell’Ara, Mario. “Iconografia della chitarra, parte prima: secolo IX-XV” Il Fronimo 36 (July 1981): 28-41.

Bibliography

Corona-Alcalde, Antonio. “L’organologie de la vihuela”. Aux origines de la guitare: la vihuela de mano. Ed. Joël Dugot. Paris: Musée de la Musique, 2004. 16-28.