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Tenor viola da gamba

(English, active about 1590–1610)
about 1600
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 102.3 cm, width 32 cm (Length 40 1/4 in., width 12 5/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1718
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted repair label: JOHN A. GOULD & SONS / [Established 1889] / Violin Makers, Dealers and Repairers / BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS / [handwritten: Two new cross bars; six / new linings, and crack / stays inserted. JUNE 1936
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
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