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Mandolin

(active 1769–1785)
1771
Object PlaceNaples, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell
DimensionsLength 57.5 cm, width 17.8 cm, depth 14.2 cm (Length 22 5/8 in., width 7 in., depth 5 9/16 in.)
Credit LineArthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession number2006.1224
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 2006, sold by private collector, England, to Tony Bingham, London, England; 2006, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 2006)
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