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French Louis XVI 1790s Trumeau Mirror with Carved Liberal Arts Allegory
French Louis XVI 1790s Trumeau Mirror with Carved Liberal Arts Allegory

French Louis XVI 1790s Trumeau Mirror with Carved Liberal Arts Allegory

Located in Atlanta, GA

-tied musical instruments, including a lute and a clarinet, nestled within a laurel wreath—a symbol of

Category

Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lute

Materials

Mirror, Wood

19th Century KPM Berlin Painted Porcelain Plaque, Die Lautenspielerin
19th Century KPM Berlin Painted Porcelain Plaque, Die Lautenspielerin

19th Century KPM Berlin Painted Porcelain Plaque, Die Lautenspielerin

By KPM Porcelain

Located in Forney, TX

auburn-haired maiden holding a lute in a wooded landscape, the reverse signed Steger, impressed scepter

Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain, Giltwood, Paint

Bobyrug’s Beautiful antique French jacquard tapestry Aubusson style
Bobyrug’s Beautiful antique French jacquard tapestry Aubusson style

Bobyrug’s Beautiful antique French jacquard tapestry Aubusson style

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

charming tavern scene with couples, one playing a lute. In the background, wine and beer cellars on one

Category

Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Lute

Materials

Wool, Cotton

French Chinoiserie Style Terracotta Musician Mounted as Lamp
French Chinoiserie Style Terracotta Musician Mounted as Lamp

French Chinoiserie Style Terracotta Musician Mounted as Lamp

Located in Stamford, CT

Elegant French Chinoiserie style terracotta figure of a lute playing musician mounted on a lovely

Category

Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Lute

Materials

Terracotta, Walnut

Muse / - In the realm of the muses -
Muse / - In the realm of the muses -

Muse / - In the realm of the muses -

Located in Berlin, DE

, she gazes into the darkness of the water while striking the lute, listening for its sounds. About

Category

1890s Realist Antique Lute

Materials

Paper

Pair of Regency Period Greek Revival Cabinets
Pair of Regency Period Greek Revival Cabinets

Pair of Regency Period Greek Revival Cabinets

Located in Chicago, IL

eloquence, often depicted with a lute. A festoon of acanthus leaves cascades from the top of each painted

Category

Early 19th Century English Greek Revival Antique Lute

Materials

Gold Leaf

German Pforzheim 1915 Art Deco Guilloché Enameled Box In .935 Sterling Silver
German Pforzheim 1915 Art Deco Guilloché Enameled Box In .935 Sterling Silver

German Pforzheim 1915 Art Deco Guilloché Enameled Box In .935 Sterling Silver

By Pforzheimer Bugholzmöbel Dietz & Co.

Located in Miami, FL

romantic scene of two seated ladies and a standing man playing a lute. Weight: 58.3 Grams, (37.48 Dwt

Category

1910s German Art Deco Antique Lute

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

1844 Vibrant Indian Cultural Prints: Musician and Dancer Lithographs
1844 Vibrant Indian Cultural Prints: Musician and Dancer Lithographs

1844 Vibrant Indian Cultural Prints: Musician and Dancer Lithographs

Located in Langweer, NL

instrument, possibly a type of traditional Indian lute or sitar. These instruments are known for their

Category

1840s Antique Lute

Materials

Paper

Mid-19th Century Italian Clock Painting, Oil on Canvas, Empire Style
Mid-19th Century Italian Clock Painting, Oil on Canvas, Empire Style

Mid-19th Century Italian Clock Painting, Oil on Canvas, Empire Style

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

musicians; one playing a mandolin or a lute and the another the tambourine. They are amid the company of a

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Empire Antique Lute

Materials

Canvas

Musical Automaton Picture Clock by Xavier Tharin, c. 1860
Musical Automaton Picture Clock by Xavier Tharin, c. 1860

Musical Automaton Picture Clock by Xavier Tharin, c. 1860

Located in Madrid, ES

: nodding friar reading in a tower room, musician nodding his head and tapping his foot as he strums a lute

Category

19th Century French Baroque Antique Lute

Materials

Paint

Hand Colored Engraving of Ninon De L'enclos, a French Author, 1900
Hand Colored Engraving of Ninon De L'enclos, a French Author, 1900

Hand Colored Engraving of Ninon De L'enclos, a French Author, 1900

Located in Langweer, NL

, Henri de l'Enclos, a lutenist and published composer, who taught her to sing and play the lute. In 1632

Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Lute

Materials

Paper

Ellen Mary Rope for Della Robbia. Small picture frame with three plaster plaques
Ellen Mary Rope for Della Robbia. Small picture frame with three plaster plaques

Ellen Mary Rope for Della Robbia. Small picture frame with three plaster plaques

By Della Robbia

Located in London, GB

original ebonized frame. Depicting a child playing the Lute to the left-hand plaque, dancing children to

Category

Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Lute

Materials

Pottery, Beech

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Clock by Roque, Paris
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Clock by Roque, Paris

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Clock by Roque, Paris

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

, a flute, a pan flue, a trumpet and a lute amidst beautiful berried laurel branches. All original

Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lute

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

"Music and Wine, " Lidded Bronze Bowl w/ Greek & Renaissance Motifs, E F Caldwell
"Music and Wine, " Lidded Bronze Bowl w/ Greek & Renaissance Motifs, E F Caldwell

"Music and Wine, " Lidded Bronze Bowl w/ Greek & Renaissance Motifs, E F Caldwell

By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.

Located in Philadelphia, PA

angels playing lute and pipes on the bowl below. This piece is rare, and rarer still is the fineness of

Category

Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

Antique Bronze Hirondelle Blessee Alfred Foretay Garniture Mantel Clock & Urns
Antique Bronze Hirondelle Blessee Alfred Foretay Garniture Mantel Clock & Urns

Antique Bronze Hirondelle Blessee Alfred Foretay Garniture Mantel Clock & Urns

By Alfred Jean Foretay

Located in Dayton, OH

other barefoot with a lute slung around her shoulder. "Alfred Jean Foretay (12 January 1861 †– 1

Category

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique Lute

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique Venice Walnut Four Louis XVI Chairs , still usable, by Vincenzo Cadorin
Antique Venice Walnut Four Louis XVI Chairs , still usable, by Vincenzo Cadorin

Antique Venice Walnut Four Louis XVI Chairs , still usable, by Vincenzo Cadorin

By Vincenzo Cadorin

Located in Vigonza, Padua

Augusto Tivoli and the Fiorini lute-makers, to the architect Brenno del Giudice and the painters Guido

Category

Early 20th Century Louis XVI Antique Lute

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Antique Tapestry Borders from Flanders, circa 1580
Pair of Antique Tapestry Borders from Flanders, circa 1580

Pair of Antique Tapestry Borders from Flanders, circa 1580

Located in Dallas, TX

the air. Towards the center of the textile is a pair of musicians, one strumming a lute, while the

Category

16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Lute

Materials

Textile, Wool, Silk

Antique Hand Painted Jeweled French Sevres Type Cobalt Blue Porcelain Table Box
Antique Hand Painted Jeweled French Sevres Type Cobalt Blue Porcelain Table Box

Antique Hand Painted Jeweled French Sevres Type Cobalt Blue Porcelain Table Box

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Philadelphia, PA

painted scene of a man playing the lute for a his lover, children, and dogs. There is a Sevres type

Category

Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain And Ormolu Clock Lamp
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain And Ormolu Clock Lamp

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain And Ormolu Clock Lamp

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

flower garland draped in a flowing fabric and a charming lute among musical notations, an additional bow

Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lute

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of Restoration Period Gilt-Bronze Allegorical Groups. French, circa 1830
Pair of Restoration Period Gilt-Bronze Allegorical Groups. French, circa 1830

Pair of Restoration Period Gilt-Bronze Allegorical Groups. French, circa 1830

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

young boy on playing the lute; the second figure represents Wine, with a seated bacchante, with vine

Category

Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

Three Books on Violins and Violin Makers
Three Books on Violins and Violin Makers

Three Books on Violins and Violin Makers

By Dirk J. Balfoort, John H. Fairfield, Willibaldd Leo Frh-v-Lütgendorff

Located in valatie, NY

Gegenwart (The Violin and Lute Makers From the Middle Ages to the Present.) Frankfurt: Frankfurter Verlags

Category

Early 20th Century German Antique Lute

Materials

Paper

Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense
Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense

Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense

Located in New York, NY

, playing the lute and flanked by a stag and a gold music book at her feet. Hearing is wrapped in the

Category

18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

Art Nouveau Pair of Beds, by Vincenzo Cadorin Venezia, Hand-carved Walnut
Art Nouveau Pair of Beds, by Vincenzo Cadorin Venezia, Hand-carved Walnut

Art Nouveau Pair of Beds, by Vincenzo Cadorin Venezia, Hand-carved Walnut

By Vincenzo Cadorin

Located in Vigonza, Padua

the sculptor Vincenzo, the photographer Augusto Tivoli and the Fiorini lute-makers, to the architect

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Lute

Materials

Walnut

18th Century French Genre Scene Overdoor Painting, circa 1770
18th Century French Genre Scene Overdoor Painting, circa 1770

18th Century French Genre Scene Overdoor Painting, circa 1770

By Nicolas Lancret 1

Located in Dallas, TX

sleeves is sitting on a rock strumming a lute. He is wearing a red toque (a brimless hat) and looking

Category

Late 18th Century French Antique Lute

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Art Déco Porcelain Figurine 'Merry March', C. Holzer-Defanti, Rosenthal Germany
Art Déco Porcelain Figurine 'Merry March', C. Holzer-Defanti, Rosenthal Germany

Art Déco Porcelain Figurine 'Merry March', C. Holzer-Defanti, Rosenthal Germany

By Rosenthal, Constantin Holzer-Defanti

Located in Vienna, AT

one leg raised and playing a lute with a long bridge, a drum as support next to the standing leg

Category

1920s German Art Deco Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

Meissen Bucolic Festival Figurines Cherubs Couple Musicians Acier, C 59, 1870
Meissen Bucolic Festival Figurines Cherubs Couple Musicians Acier, C 59, 1870

Meissen Bucolic Festival Figurines Cherubs Couple Musicians Acier, C 59, 1870

By Michel Victor Acier 1

Located in Vienna, AT

FESTIVAL, CONSISTING OF SEVEN FIGURINES ° there is a young female lute player attached to top piece, adored

Category

1870s German Rococo Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Art Deco Baotou Rug with Scholar Pictorial
Antique Chinese Art Deco Baotou Rug with Scholar Pictorial

Antique Chinese Art Deco Baotou Rug with Scholar Pictorial

By Walter Nichols

Located in Dallas, TX

symbolism. A Chinese scroll, a bound book, a chessboard, a lute, and delicate florals rest in graceful union

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Lute

Materials

Wool

18th Century Pair of Italian Still Life Trompe L'Oeil Vision Jokes after Munari
18th Century Pair of Italian Still Life Trompe L'Oeil Vision Jokes after Munari

18th Century Pair of Italian Still Life Trompe L'Oeil Vision Jokes after Munari

By Cristoforo Munari

Located in Milano, MI

hang on the wooden board wall. In the other work we find a lute, books, a knife, plums and lemons, a

Category

Early 18th Century European Baroque Antique Lute

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Early 20th Century Venetian Hand-Carved Walnut Gueridon Sculpture Pedestal
Early 20th Century Venetian Hand-Carved Walnut Gueridon Sculpture Pedestal

Early 20th Century Venetian Hand-Carved Walnut Gueridon Sculpture Pedestal

By Vincenzo Cadorin

Located in Vigonza, Padua

the Fiorini lute-makers, to the architect Brenno del Giudice and the painters Guido, Livia, Ida, and

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Lute

Materials

Walnut

Sculptural Art Nouveau Corner Vitrine Cabinet by Vincenzo Cadorin Carved Walnut
Sculptural Art Nouveau Corner Vitrine Cabinet by Vincenzo Cadorin Carved Walnut

Sculptural Art Nouveau Corner Vitrine Cabinet by Vincenzo Cadorin Carved Walnut

By Vincenzo Cadorin

Located in Vigonza, Padua

Vincenzo, the photographer Augusto Tivoli and the Fiorini lute-makers, to the architect Brenno del Giudice

Category

1890s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Lute

Materials

Mirror, Walnut

Exhibition Austrian Neo-Baroque Carved Mahogany Bed, circa 1890
Exhibition Austrian Neo-Baroque Carved Mahogany Bed, circa 1890

Exhibition Austrian Neo-Baroque Carved Mahogany Bed, circa 1890

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

. The side rails are finely carved with reclining female figures playing lutes to the head ends and

Category

Late 19th Century Austrian Baroque Revival Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Still Life with Lute

Abstract Still Life with Lute

By Winold Reiss

Located in New York, NY

Pastel on black paper

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Lady With a Lute

Lady With a Lute

By Angelica Kauffmann

Located in New York, NY

Category

18th Century and Earlier Antique Lute

Materials

Oil, Canvas

LA LUTE POUR LA VIE. EDOUARD DROUOT (FRENCH, 1859-1945)
LA LUTE POUR LA VIE. EDOUARD DROUOT (FRENCH, 1859-1945)

LA LUTE POUR LA VIE. EDOUARD DROUOT (FRENCH, 1859-1945)

By Edouard Drouot

Located in New York, NY

CAST FROM A MODEL BY EDOUARD DROUOT, THE GROUP DEPICTS A YOUNG MAN WRESTLING WITH A TIGER. SIGNED "DROUOT", RESTING UNATTACHED ON A MARBLE BASE FITTED WITH A METAL PLATE INSCRIBED "L...

Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Lute

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Four still lifes with musical instruments
Four still lifes with musical instruments

Four still lifes with musical instruments

By Cristoforo Munari

Located in Milano, IT

Cristoforo Munari (Reggio Emilia, 1667 - Piva, 1720) and workshop “Cello, two lutes, small apples

Category

1710s Old Masters Antique Lute

Materials

Oil

Japanese Ivory Elegantly Hand Carved Figurines
Japanese Ivory Elegantly Hand Carved Figurines

Japanese Ivory Elegantly Hand Carved Figurines

Located in New York, NY

Woman playing the lute with man holding a fan and a lantern. Intricate hand carved detail.

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Lute

French Trumeau in Mirrored Frame
French Trumeau in Mirrored Frame

French Trumeau in Mirrored Frame

Located in New Orleans, LA

lute

Category

19th Century French Antique Lute

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Paint, Glass

French Trumeau in Mirrored Frame
French Trumeau in Mirrored Frame

French Trumeau in Mirrored Frame

Located in New Orleans, LA

lute.

Category

19th Century French Antique Lute

Materials

Wood, Canvas, Paint, Glass

Antique Mid-Victorian Swiss Enamelled Egg Pendant
Antique Mid-Victorian Swiss Enamelled Egg Pendant

Antique Mid-Victorian Swiss Enamelled Egg Pendant

Located in Sale, Cheshire

strumming his lute. The scene is incredibly detailed enamel-work, with a gold border separating it from the

Category

Mid-19th Century Swiss High Victorian Antique Lute

Materials

Silver

Meissen Figure of the Muse Terpsichore, by Kaendler, circa 1745
Meissen Figure of the Muse Terpsichore, by Kaendler, circa 1745

Meissen Figure of the Muse Terpsichore, by Kaendler, circa 1745

By J.J. Kaendler

Located in Geelong, Victoria

large lute, a book and bagpipes at her feet, a young girl and boy dancing to one side, with a tree with

Category

1740s European Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

19th Japanese Lacquered Kobako 'Box' Biwa Shape
19th Japanese Lacquered Kobako 'Box' Biwa Shape

19th Japanese Lacquered Kobako 'Box' Biwa Shape

Located in Paris, FR

gold lacquer. The biwa is a three-stringed lute, used to accompany the reading of stories. It is the

Category

1870s Japanese Antique Lute

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Monkey Musician Sculpture
Monkey Musician Sculpture

Monkey Musician Sculpture

Unavailable|$4,549

Monkey Musician Sculpture

By Christophe Fratin

Located in London, GB

An inspiring mid-19th century French bronze study of a whimsical monkey sat on a box playing a lute

Category

19th Century French Romantic Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

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