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Guitar on a table, Juan de Horozco y Covarrubias, Emblemas morales, 1604.

(1604) - Juan de Horozco y Covarrubias, Emblemas morales. Zaragoza: Alonso Rodríguez, 1604.
instrument: guitarra | century: 16cent/3/late | catalogue nº: 16-317a

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Artwork

Creator Horozco y Covarrubias, Juan de

Medium Artwork: Print

Location

City Segovia | Region Castilla-León | Old kingdom Castile

Characteristics
Body Waisted Strings 4 strings Neck Short Pegbox Scroll
Bridge Fixed Frets Yes Back Flat Pegs Rear
Technique None
Commentary

SOURCE
From the 1604 edition of Juan de Horozco y Covarrubias, Emblemas morales. originally issued in 1589 (see 16-317). A new woodcut woodcut was used in this edition. This illustration is at the opening of Emblema 31, on fol. 61. Other details are in the 16-317 entry

INSTRUMENT
Very typical guitar or vihuela shape and proportions: incurved waists (less than 1589 edition), larger lower bout, bridge low on the soundboard, rosette, above the waist, flat back, with four strings depicted. The pegbox on this version of the print is difficult to identify.

Reproductions

https://archive.org/details/emblemasmoralesd00horo/page/n2/mode/2up

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