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Harpsichord

Joseph Joannes Couchet (Belgian, 1652–1706)

1680

Object PlaceAntwerp, Belgium

Medium/TechniquePainted poplar case

DimensionsLength 221.2 cm, width 92.7 cm, case height 26.5 cm, height with stand 92.9 cm (Length 87 1/16 in., width 36 1/2 in., case height 10 7/16 in., height with stand 36 9/16 in.)

Credit LineEdwin M. Ripin Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated by Friends of the Collection

Accession number1977.54

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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ProvenanceBefore 1925, Mrs. James Henry Lancashire (Sarah Hale Wright, about 1860-1945), New York. By 1925, Karl Freund Collection, New York; 1925, sold by the Anderson Galleries, New York, for Karl Freund. 1942, sold by Ginsberg and Levy, New York, to Sibyl Marcuse, New York; 1958, sold by Sibyl Marcuse to Edward M. Ripin (1930-1975), Forest Hills, New York; 1977, sold by the estate of Edwin M. Ripin to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1977)