Lute Art in North American Museums

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Drawings and Prints

• Evert van Aelst, Lute Player.  17^th century.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. 1999.123.15.
• Heinrich Aldegrever, Amorous Lute Player.  1537.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. G4188.
• anonymous (after Gentileschi?), The Lute Player.  18^th century.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1964.3.1.
• Giovanni Balducci, Angel Musicians.  Around 1600.  Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. 1963.24.14.
• Francesco Bartolozzi, Man Singing to Lute Accompaniment.  18th century.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. R11708.
• Stefano Della Bella, Frontispiece (Fame, with Cupid Playing a Lute).  1641.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. S7.113.2.
• Johann Bernard, Querulas praetentat pollice cordas (The Lute Player).  1802.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 2003.78.1.
• Coryn Boel, after David Teniers II, Monkey Singing, Accompanied on the Lute by Another Monkey.  17^th century.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. S5.7.4.
• Abraham Bosse, “Belle Cloris de qoy me sert…”.  17^th century.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. 44.958.
• Jacques Callot, Balli di Sfessania-Frontispiece.  1621.  Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. 1971.17.310.
• Jacques Callot, Le Bancal Jouant de la Guitare.  1616.  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA. 1971.17.232.
• Jacques Callot, Dancers, the Man Playing a Lute.  1617.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. S4.3.13.
• Jacques Callot, Le joueur de luth.  Around 1621.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. 2003.91.
• Jacques Callot, Le joueur de luth.  Around 1616.  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA. M.83.318.12b.
• Jaques Callot, Le Comédien Masqué Jouant de la Guitare.  Around 1616.  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA. M.65.26.36.
• Jaques Callot, Woman Playing a Guitar, Between Two Men.  Early 17th century.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. S4.11.13.
• Annibale Carracci, Lute Player.  Late 16th century.  Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. 1963.24.54.
• Annibale Carracci, A Lute Player and Other Studies.  Before 1595.  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON. 279r.
• Annibale Carracci, The Nativity.  Late 16th century (reproduction from 1818).  Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA.
• Giovanni Battista Cecchi, Group of Musicians.  1784.  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA. M.83.318.24.
• David Deuchar, The Nun.  1786.  Spaightwood Galleries, Upton MA (Scroll down to plate 24.)
• Zacharias Dolendo (attrib.), A Couple Addressed by a Lute Player.  1595/96.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 2004.21.2.
• Claude Dubosc, Lute Player.  1710 – 1740.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. R9083.
• Claude Augustin Duflos, The Guitar [Cittern] Master.  18th century.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. R7003.
• Albrecht Dürer, Holy Family with the Lute.  Around 1500.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. G4488.
• Albrecht Dürer, Man Drawing a Lute.  1525.   Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. 1963.30.37.
• Albrecht Dürer, Man Drawing a Lute.  1525.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY. 17.37.313.
• Albrecht Dürer, Man Drawing a Lute.  1525.  Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven CT. 2093-125.
• M. C. Escher, Emblemata, Lute.  1931/32.  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON. 30031.1-14.
• Antonio Fantuzzi da Trento, Lute Player.  Around 1527-1530.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. M9912.
• Giorgio Ghisi, Apollo and the Muses.  Around 1557.  Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA.  1993.63.94. Another copy is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY. 49.95.11.
• Jacobus Gole, Painter Playing the Lute.  Around 1700.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. M26575.
• Hendrik Goltzius, Portrait of Josina Hamels.  1580.  Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN. P.80.31.2.
• Jacques Gabriel Huquier, Guitar, Violin, and a Painter’s Palette.  18th century.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. M24230.
• de Jongh, Lute Player.  Mid 17th century.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. 1999.123.32.
• Nicolas Lancret, Guitar Player.  1725-1730.  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON. 6048r.
• Master b x g, The Music Making Couple.  1470/80.  The Art Institute of Chicago. 2000.408.
• Master E.S., The Large Einsiedeln Madonna.  1466.  The Art Institute of Chicago. 1972.1.
• Theodor Matham, Vanitas.  1662.  Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. 1963.30.13265.
• Israhel van Meckenem, Lute and Harp Duet.  Around 1490.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. 97.1167.
• Israhel van Meckenem, Lute and Harp Duet.  Around 1490.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY. 27.5.2.
• Israhel van Meckenem, Lute and Harp Duet.  Around 1490.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1952.8.263.
• Israhel van Meckenem, The Singer and the Lute Player.  Around 1495.  The Art Institute of Chicago. 1956.851.
• Gabriel Metsu, A Young Woman Tuning her Cittern.  Reproduction from 1818.  Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA.
• Morazzone, Angel Musicians.  Around 1598.  J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA. 86.GG.16.
• Cornelis Ploos van Amstel after C. Netscher, Woman Playing a Lute.  1664/18th century.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. R15222.
• Fra Bartolommeo della Porta, A Flying Angel Playing a Lute.  Around 1504.  Harvard Libraries, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. 1965.367.
• Marcantonio Raimondi, Viola da mano Player.  Around 1500.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. G8241.
• William Valentine Schevill, Sketch of a Man Playing a Lute.  20th century.  Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge MA. BR71.140.
• Ben Shahn, Lute.  1957.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. M25477.
• Ben Shahn, Lute & Molecule No. 2.  1958.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. M25478.
• Giovanni Battista Vanni, Angel Playing a Lute.  17th century.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. 1966.24.

Manuscript Illuminations

• Anonymous, illuminated inital “E” from a Psalter, with King David Playing the Lute.  Around 1408.  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH. 1953.641.
• Anonymous French, illumination:  Apocalypse.  Around 1415, MS M.133, f.49v.  (Gittern?)  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Anonymous French, illumination:  Apocalypse.  Around 1415, MS M.133, f.69v.  (Gittern?)  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Anonymous French, illumination (drollery) from a Book of Hours.  Around 1485-1490, MS M.26, f.88r.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Anonymous French, illumination (drollery) from a Book of Hours.  Around 1470, MS M.28, f.29v.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Anonymous French, illumination:  Job on the Dungheap.  Around 1500, MS M.12, f.60r.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Anonymous, illumination:  Presentation of Jesus in the Temple.  Around 1510, MS M.250, f.52v.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Anonymous French, illumination:  Virgin and Christ Child.  1485-1490, MS M.231, f.187v.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Anonymous, illumination:  Virgin Mary and Christ Child.  Around 1510, MS M.250, f.148r.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Anonymous, illumination from a Book of Hours.  Around 1500, MS H.8, f.21v.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Anonymous French, miniature:  Virgin Mary and Christ Child.  Around 1465, MS M.1003, f.211v.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Simon Bening, illumination from the da Costa Book of Hours.  Around 1515, MS M.399, f.6v.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Follower of the Boucicaut Master, The Annunciation.  Around 1410, MS LUDWIG IX 5 (83.ML.101), f.27.  (Gittern?)  J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA.
• Barthélemy d’Eyck and Enguerrand Quarton, illumination (drollery) from a calendar (month of August) in a Book of Hours.  1440-1450, MS M.358, f.8r.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Lieven van Lathem, Charles the Bold Presented by an Angel.  Around 1471, MS. 37 (89.ML.35), f.68.  J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA.
• Master of Charles de Neufchâtel, illumination (drollery) from Office for the Dead in a Book of Hours.  1465-1475, MS M.28, f.116v.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• Master of Charles de Neufchâtel, illumination (drollery) from Vespers Liturgy in a Book of Hours.  1465-1475, MS M.28, f.74v.  The Morgan Library & Museum, New York NY.
• attr. Jean Poyet, Virgin and Christ Child.  Around 1495.  The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN. 14.12.

Marquetry

• Francesco di Giorgio Martini and Giuliano da Majano, Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio.  1479-82.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY. 39.153.  

Paintings

• Francesco Albani, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness.  Around 1600 – 1606.  Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota FL. SN115.
• Anonymous, A Family Group Adoring the Veil of Veronica.  Around 1490.  Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota FL. SN304.
• Guariento di Arpo, Coronation of the Virgin Altarpiece: Coronation of the Virgin.  1344.  (gittern and lute)  Norton Simon Art Foundation, Pasadena, CA. M.1987.3.01.P.
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• Giovanni Agostino da Lodi, Adoration of the Shepherds.  Around 1505.  Allentown Art Museum, Allentown PA. 1961.041.000.
     Enlargement
• Dirck van Baburen, The Procuress.  1622.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. 50.2721.
• Francesco Bacchiacca, Portrait of a Young Lute Player.  Around 1522.  New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans LA. 61.75.
• Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino), The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga,  Around 1650.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY. 1973.311.3.
• Jean Bellegambe, The Le Cellier Altarpiece, triptych.  1509.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY. 32.100.102.
• Bergognone (Ambrogio di Stefano da Fossano),  The Assumption of the Virgin.  Around 1500.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY. 27.39.1.
• Adam Bernaert,  “Vanitas” Still Life.  1660-1669.  The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD. 37.682.
• Bartolomeo Bettera,  Still Life with Musical Instruments.  Late 17th century.  Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. 1941.21.
• Bartolomeo Bettera,  Still Life with Musical Instruments.  Probably 1680s.  Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston TX. BF.1981.4.
• Bartolomeo Bettera,  Still Life with Musical Instruments.  Late 17th century.  Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota FL. SN658.
• Gerard ter Borch, The Music Party.  Around 1675.  Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH. 1927.421.
• Gerard ter Borch, The Music Lesson.  Around 1670.  The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. 1891.1.
• Gerard ter Borch, The Music Lesson.  Around 1668.  J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA. 97.PA.47.
• Gerard ter Borch, The Suitor’s Visit.  Around 1658.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1937.1.58.
• Gerard ter Borch, Woman Playing the Theorbo for a Cavalier.  Around 1658.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 14.40.617.  Another source.
• Valentin de Boulogne, Jouer de luth.  around 1626.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 2008.459.
• Hendrick ter Brugghen, Singing Lute Player.  Around 1624.  Figge Art Museum, Davenport IA. 80.0014.
• Follower of Robert Campin (the Master of Flemalle), Virgin and Child in an Apse.  Around 1539.  Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota FL. SN196.
• Michelangelo Caravaggio, The Lute Player.  Around 1600.  Private collection, NY NY.
• Michelangelo Caravaggio, The Musicians.  1595-96.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 52.81.
• Cariani, A Concert.  Around 1518-1520.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1997.57.2.
• Annibale Carracci, Coronation of the Virgin.  Around 1595.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 1971.155.
• Antoon Claeissins (attr.), The Five Senses.  1580-90.  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON. 363.
• Pieter Codde, An Elegant Company.  1632.  The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. 1933.1069.
• Pieter Codde, Lute Player.  Around 1620.  The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA. Cat. 442.
• Giuseppe Maria Crespi, An Allegory of the Arts.  Around 1730.  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON.
• Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Woman playing [tuning] a lute.  Around 1700-1705.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. 69.958.
• Jean Daret, Woman Playing a Lute.  1638.  Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven CT. 1979.88.1.
• Gerard David, Virgin and Child with Four Angels.  1510-1515.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 1977.1.1.
• Jean Baptiste Henri Deshays, La Musique.  Mid 18th century.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (no image available). 2015.19.20. Image available here.
• Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Girl with Lute.  1904-1905.  Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. F1905.2a-b.
• Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Lady with a Lute.  1886.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1978.60.1.
• Thomas Wilmer Dewing, The Lute.  1904.  Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. F1913.34a-b.
• Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Music.  Around 1895.  Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC. 1929.6.32.
• Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano, Madonna and Child with Angels.  1420.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 07.201.
• Defendente Ferrari, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist.  Around 1525.  Chazen (formerly Elvehjem) Museum of Art, Madison WI. 61.4.7.
• Edward Waldo Forbes, An Angel Playing a Lute, from The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, after Carpaccio.  1906.  Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. 1949.37.
• Agnolo Gaddi, The Coronation of the Virgin.  Probably around 1390.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1939.1.203.
• Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as a Lute Player.  Early 17th century.  Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. 2014.4.1.
• Orazio Gentileschi, The Lute Player.  Early 17th century.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1962.8.1.
• Guercino, see Barbieri
• attr. Frans Hals, Boy with a Lute.  Around 1625.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 14.40.604.
• Maerten van Heemskerck, Allegory of Nature.  1567.  Norton Simon Art Foundation, Pasadena, CA. F.1973.20.P.
• Bartholomeus van der Helst, The Musician.  1662.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 73.2.  Another source.
• Gerrit (Gerard) van Honthorst, Musical Group on a Balcony.  1622.  J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA. 70.PB.34.
• Pieter de Hooch, A Musical Conversation.  1674.  Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu HI.
• Pieter de Hooch, Portrait of a Family Playing Music.  1663.  (Cittern)  Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH. 1951.355.
• Pieter de Hooch, A Woman with a Cittern and a Singing Couple at a Table.  Around 1667.  Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati OH. 1931.395.
• Christophe Huet, Singerie: The Concert.  Around 1739.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1957.7.1.
• Thomas de Keyser, A Musician and His Daughter.  1629.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 64.65.4.
• Laurent de La Hyre, Allegory of Music.  1649.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 50.189.
• Bernardino Lanino, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Donors.  1552.  North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh NC. GL.60.17.45.  (Tobias Hume would love this one!)
• Judith Leyster, The Concert.  Around 1633.  National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC.
• Girolamo dai Libri, Madonna and Child with Saints, altarpiece.  Around 1520.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 20.92.
     Detail of the angel playing a viola da mano.
• Jan Lievensz, Lute Player.  Around 1629.  The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD. 37.2493.
• Alessandro Magnasco, called Il Lissandrino, Pulcinella Singing with His Many Children and a Lute Player.  Around 1711-35.  Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC.
• Bartolomeo Manfredi, Allegory of the Four Seasons.  Around 1610.  Dayton Art Institute, Dayton OH. 1960.27.
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• Bartolomeo Manfredi, Tavern Scene with a Lute Player.  Around 1621.  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA.
• Esteban Marquez de Velasco, The Marriage of the Virgin.  Around 1685-95.  North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh NC. 52.9.180.
• Master of Frankfurt, The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine with Saints and Angels.  Late 15th c.  San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA. 1930.5.
• Master of the St. Bartholomew Altar, Assumption of Virgin.  Before 1480.  J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA. 96.PB.16.
• Master of the St. Bartholomew Altar, The Baptism of Christ.  1485-1500.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1961.9.78.
• Master of the St. Lucy Legend, Mary, Queen of Heaven.  1485-1500.  National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. 1952.2.13.
• Hans Memling, Virgin and Child Enthroned with two Musical Angels.  1465-67.  Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City KS. 44-43.
• Ernest Meissonier, Soldier Playing the Theorbo.  1865.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 08.136.7.
• Gabriël Metsu, A Musical Party.  1659.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 91.26.11.
• Parrasio Micheli, Young Woman Playing a Lute.  Around 1570.  Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston TX. BF.1978.23.
• Jan Miense Molenaer, Allegory of Marital Fidelity.  c. 1633.  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA. 49.11.19.
• Jan Miense Molenaer, Allegory of Vanity. 1633. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH. 1975.21.
• Jan Miense Molenaer, The Duet.  Around 1629.  Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA. 61.162.
• Paolo Monaldi, Peasants near Roman Ruins.  Around 1760.  The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD. 37.1151.
• Michiel van Musscher, Woman Playing the Lute.  1680.  Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal), Montreal QC. 1927.350.
• Caspar Netscher, Courtship.  Around 1665.  The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit MI. 67.114.
• Jacob Ochterveldt, The Music Lesson.  1671.  The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. 1933.1088.
• Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, The Adoration of the Christ Child.  Around 1515.  The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. 1983.375.
• Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Allegory of Europe.  1722. (Baroque guitar)  Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston TX. BF.1987.2.
• Bartolomeo Passarotti, Portrait of a Man Playing a Lute.  1576.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. 48.55.
• Callisto Piazza (da Lodi), Musical Group.  Around 1520.  The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA. Cat. 234.
• Niccolò Pisano, St. Francis Altarpiece.  Early 16th century.  Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, Greenville SC. Detail
• Johann Georg Platzer, The Pleasures of the Seasons:  Spring.  Around 1730.  (Baroque guitar)  The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN. 61.37.
• Johann Georg Platzer, The Pleasures of the Seasons:  Winter.  Around 1730.  (Baroque guitar)  The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN. 62.7.
• Nicolas Regnier (Niccolò Renieri), Divine Inspiration of Music.  Around 1640.  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA. 82.7.
• Jean de Reyn, Lute Player.  Around 1640.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. 34.541.
• Theodoor Rombouts, The Concert (A Musical Party).  Around 1660.  The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville FL. AP.1970.10.1.
• Theodoor Rombouts, Lute Player.  17^th century.  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA. Cat. 679.
• Theodoor Rombouts, The Musicians.  1616-1625.  Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence KS. 1950.0068.
• Luca Signorelli (ca. 1450-1523), Assumption of the Virgin.  Late 1480’s.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 29.164.
• Jan Steen, The Doctor’s Visit.   Around 1663.  Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati OH. 11.1931.396.
• Jan Steen, The Drawing Lesson.  1665.  (Cittern)  J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA. 83.PB.388.
• Jan Steen, The Family Concert.  1666.  The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. 1891.65.
• Bernardo Strozzi, Saint Cecilia.  1620-1625.  Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City KS. 44-39.
• Bernardo Strozzi, Two Musicians.  1630-1635.  Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester NY. 1953.8.
• David Teniers the Younger, The Music Party or Flemish Interior.  17th century.  The de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. 54652.
• Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Girl with a Mandolino.  1755-1780.  The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit MI. 57.180.
• Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Doge Alvise Mocenigo Presented to the Redeemer.  Probably 1577.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 10.206.
• Titian and workshop, Venus and the Lute Player.  Around 1565.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 36.29.
• Nicolas Tournier, Banquet Scene with Lute Player.  1626-27.  St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis MO. 90:1942.
• Unknown Italian, Music, An Allegory.  1530-1550(??).  Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. 1998.21.
• Jacob-Fransz van der Merck, The Lute Player.  The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL.
• Bartolomeo Veneto, Lady playing a lute.  Around 1530.  J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA. 78.PB.221.
• Paolo and Giovanni Veneziano (workshop), The Coronation of the Virgin.  1358.  The Frick Collection, NY NY. 1930.1.124.
• Johannes (Jan) Vermeer, The Concert.  1665-66.  Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston MA (Stolen.) P2IW27.
• Johannes (Jan) Vermeer, Girl Interrupted in Her Music.  1658-1661. (Cittern)  The Frick Colection, NY NY. 1901.1.125.
• Johannes (Jan) Vermeer, Woman playing [tuning] a lute near a window.  Around 1664.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 25.110.24.
• Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Gazer (Le Lorgneur).  Around 1716. (Baroque guitar)  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA. 55.22.
• Jean-Antoine Watteau, Mezzetin.  Probably 1718–20. (Baroque guitar)  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY NY. 34.138.
• Jean-Antoine Watteau, Party of Four.  Around 1713. (Baroque guitar)  Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. 1977-09-06.
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• John Michael Wright, Lady with a Theorbo.  Around 1670.  Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus OH. 1963.033.

Photographs

• August Sander, Girl with Lute.  1927.  The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. 1976.193.

Pottery

• Anonymous Italian, Berretino Jug with a Musical Theme.  1536.  J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA. 84.DE.115.
• Jacopo di Stefano di Filippo (attr.), Dish with a Merchant Ship and Various Musical Instruments.  Around 1510.  J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA. 84.DE.109.

Sculpture

• Hans Schnatterpeck, Lute-Playing Angel.  Shortly after 1503.  Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH. 1959.340.

Textiles

• Anonymous, Chateau de Chaumont Tapestry 1, Triumph of Eternity.   1500 – 1510.  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH. 1960.176.1.
• Anonymous, Chateau de Chaumont Tapestry 2, Triumph of Youth.   1500 – 1510.  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH. 1960.1976.2.
• Anonymous, Chateau de Chaumont Tapestry 3, Triumph of Time.   1500 – 1510.  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH. 1960.176.3.
• Anonymous, Coronation of the Virgin, embroidery from an Altar Frontal.  Around 1459.  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH. 1953.129.
• Anonymous Swiss, The Five Senses, embroidered wool valance.  Around 1610.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. 64.528.
• Anonymous Flemish, Holy Family with Music-Making Angels, tapestry.  Around 1520.  Norton Simon Art Foundation, Pasadena CA. F.1965.1.130.T.
• Anonymous, Music (from the series, “The Seven Liberal Arts”), tapestry.  Early 16th c.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. 15.1241.
• Anonymous English, Musical Garden Party, embroidery on canvas.  Late 17th century.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY. 64.101.1314.

The Lute as Art

Modern reproductions on display in museums.

• Musée canadien de l’histoire / Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec:  Renaissance Lute by Colin Everett. 74-691.1-2
• Musée canadien de l’histoire / Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec:  Renaissance Lute by Colin Everett. 74-692.1.
• Musée canadien de l’histoire / Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec:  Renaissance Lute by Colin Everett. 92-2.1.
• Musée canadien de l’histoire / Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec:  Renaissance Lute built by Grant Tomlinson. 91-453.
• Musée canadien de l’histoire / Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec:  Soprano lute built by Edward R. Turner. 74-695.
• Musée canadien de l’histoire / Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec:  Soprano lute built by Edward R. Turner. 74-694.
• Musée canadien de l’histoire / Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec:  Lute built by David Miller. 83-726.
• Musée canadien de l’histoire / Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec:  Baroque guitar built by Michael M Dunn and Ray Nurse. 74-131.1
• Musée canadien de l’histoire / Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec:  Baroque guitar built by Michael M Dunn. 74-138.