paul-berthon-french-1872-1909-i-la-mandore-i
Lot 222
Paul Berthon (French, 1872-1909), La Mandore
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Chromolithograph, 1901, Imp. Bourgerie, Paris, matted and framed.

In this image, a woman plays a mandore, a musical instrument from the lute family that was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries but has fallen out of favor. Paul Berthon often depicted women playing medieval and early modern instruments.

Frame dimensions 24 3/4 x 28 1/4 in.

From the Collection of the late Keith Stanley, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Duke University, North Carolina

Condition A-: Some toning, light sheet waviness and scattered minor creases, and few spots; not examined out of frame.