Serpent
Georges Antoine Baudouin
(French, 1736–1816)
about 1820
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniquePearwood, leather, brass, ivory
DimensionsLength 84.7 cm (33 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joseph R. Coolidge in memory of his wife, Peggy Stuart Coolidge
Accession number1981.760
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1945, Sarah Choate Sears (Mrs. Joseph Montgomery Sears) (1858-1935), Boston, Massachusetts; 1945, sold by the estate of Sarah Choate Sears to Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913-1981), New York; 1981, by inheritance to her husband, Joseph R. Coolidge (1916-1999), New York; 1981, gift of Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1981)
1800–25
about 1820
1982
1986
About 1715–19
late 19th century
about 1820
about 1725
about 1807–13
probably 19th century
about 1790