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Violoncello

(French, 1696–1747)
1737
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 118.6 cm, width 41.5 cm (Length 46 11/16 in., width 16 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maury A. Bromsen
Accession number2006.1268
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label: André Castagneri Fait à Paris / à l'Hôtel de Soissons 173[7]; stamped at top of back and twice on lower bout (largely effaced): CASTAGNERI
Provenance2006, gift of the estate of Maury A. Bromson to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 2006)