Skip to main content

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
On View
Not on view
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)
Guitar-shaped viola
Dominick E. Ragot
1840s
Restricted: For reference only
Christian Phillip Blumenhagen
1753
Alto viola da gamba (?)
late 19th century
Restricted: For reference only
Jesper Gotfredsen
1752
Bass viola da gamba
Barak Norman
1713
Tenor viola da gamba
Richard Blunt
about 1600
Viola d'amore
mid 18th century
Baryton
Adolph Gutche
late 19th century
Bowed zither
Josef Ferdinand Sprenger
1879