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Workshop of Manuel Ramírez (Spanish, 1864–1916)

Date:: 1912
Geography:: Madrid, Spain
Medium:: Spruce, rosewood, cedar
Dimensions:: Total L. 96.5 cm (37 5/8 in.); L. of body 47.9 cm (18 7/8 in.); L. of string 68 cm (26 3/4 in.); L. of lower bouts 26.9 cm (10 9/16 in.); L. of middle bouts 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.); L. of upper bouts 22.1 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Classification:: Chordophone-Lute
Credit Line:: Gift of Emilita Segovia, Marquessa of Salobreña, 1986
Accession Number:: 1986.353.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 684

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: 1) (labelled) Manuel Ramirez/Constructor/Luthier del Conservatorio Nacional/Año 1912/Arlaban 10.-Madrid (12 is handwritten); 2) (labelled) Santos Hernandez/-Luthier-Año 1922/MadrId aduana 27 (22 is handwritten); 3) Restaurado por/Hernandez (handwritten diagonally across label).
References

Written by Libin Laurence, 'Egberto Bermudez, Pepe Rey, Gerardo Arriaga, Cristina Bordas in The Spanish Guitar: La Guitarra Española. Exhibition catalogue., 1991 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1991, pg. 166-168, cat. 29, ill.

Libin Laurence. "Recent Acquisitions 1986-1987: A Selection: Musical Instruments." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (1987), pg. 55, ill.
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