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Mandolin
Mandolin

Mandolin

Giovanni Battista Fabricatore (Italian, active 1780–1811)
1790
Object PlaceNaples, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl
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 LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1758
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label: Gio: Battista Fabricatore fecit / An.: 1790 in. S.M. dell' Ajuto / NapoliProvenanceFrancis 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)