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Violoncello

(Belgian, 1694–1762)
about 1720
Object PlaceBrussels, Belgium
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 121.3 cm, width 41.3 cm (Length 47 3/4 in., width 16 1/4 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1731
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label: Marcus Broche a Bruxelles, / au Roy David, l'An 17 [handwritten: 20 (?)]
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)