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Date:
late 17th century
Geography:
Italy
Medium:
Wood, various materials
Dimensions:
Inner case: L. w/o moldings 227.8 cm (89-11/16 in.), L. w/moldings 231.2 cm (91-7/16 in.); W. w/o moldings 79.7 cm (31-3/8 in.), W. w/moldings: 81.5 cm (32-1/16 in.); D. 24.8 cm (9-3/4 in.); Octave span: c-b2 49.9 cm (19-11/16 in.)
Classification:
Chordophone-Zither
Credit Line:
Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1945
Accession Number:
45.41

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 684

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Marking: Marked (on interior): Restored to playing condition for Miss S. D. Bliss in August & September Nineteen Forty. By Ernst Schlesinger & Fred J. Markert New York City N. Y.

  • References

    Libin Laurence. "Keyboard Instruments." Summer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (1989), Vol. 47, No. 1, pg. 22-23, ill.

    Winternitz Emanuel. Musical Instruments of the Western World. McGraw Hill Book Company. New York, Toronto, 1967, pg. 154-155, fig. 55, ill.

    Winternitz Emanuel. Keyboard Instruments in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Picture Book. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1961, pg. 2, ill.

    "Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin - June 1950." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (1950), pg. 307, ill.

    Winternitz Emanuel. "Additions to the Collection of Musical Instruments." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (1946), vol. IV, no.10, pg. 255,256, ill.



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