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Lute (after Renaissance type)

(American, 1919–1997)
1962
Object PlaceCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce
DimensionsLength 73.7 cm, width 35.4 cm, depth 17.7 cm (Length 29 in., width 13 15/16 in., depth 6 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Lindsey Fund
Accession number63.3049
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsHandwritten label: Donald Warnock/ fecit 1962/ Made after lute appearing in/ the "Presentation in the Temple"/ of Vittore Carpaccio, Venice./ Alto Lute, model #1/ 2 Brewer St. Cambridge, Mass.; etched on plaque at bottom of body: J.D.W./ 1962
Provenance1963, sold by the maker to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1982)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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