Flute
Baldassarre Biglioni
(Italian, 1719–before 1793)
about 1750–75
Object PlaceRome, Italy
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, silver
DimensionsLength 63.4 cm (24 15/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1852
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1773, allegedly owned by J. J. Quantz (1697-1773), by descent to Albert Quantz; perhaps by 1873 (when Zoeller moved to England), sold by A. Quantz to Carli Zoeller (1840-1889), England; by 1916, sold by Zoeller to Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by 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)
