Lute (pastiche, after 17th-century Italian type)
Leopoldo Franciolini
(Italian, 1844–1920)
late 19th century
Object PlaceFlorence, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony, ivory
DimensionsLength 65.5 cm, width 29.2 cm, depth 14.4 cm (Length 25 13/16 in., width 11 1/2 in., depth 5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1763
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
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)
early 19th century
about 1820
