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Violoncello

(American, 1860–1939)
1897
Object PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce
DimensionsLength 128 cm, width 45.5 cm (Length 50 3/8 in., width 17 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Frank Doble Estate
Accession number1970.652
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label: Henry Richard Knopf, / [handwritten: No. 91] New York, Anno 18 [handwritten: 97]; stamped inside and below saddle: H. R. KNOPF. NEW YORK
Provenance1970, gift of the estate of Frank C. Doble (1886-1969), Belmont, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 23, 1985)
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Henry Richard Knopf
about 1900
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about 1600
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1840s
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19th century
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probably 19th century
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Christian Phillip Blumenhagen
1753
Alto viola da gamba (?)
late 19th century
Tenor viola da gamba (?)
Johann Joseph Elsler
1725–50
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Jesper Gotfredsen
1752
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Barak Norman
1713