books0977:Cittern Player (c.1637-1640). Caesar van Everdingen (Dutch, 1616/17-1678). Oil on canvas.
books0977:Cittern Player (c.1637-1640). Caesar van Everdingen (Dutch, 1616/17-1678). Oil on canvas. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen.Cesar van Everdingen represents a wealthy young woman with this small instrument. In higher circles, there was a lively interest in the cittern, which was used in chordal song accompaniment and was strummed like the guitar (sometimes with a quill). -- source link