Bassoon
Dominique Antony Porthaux
(about 1751–1839)
about 1800
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMaple, brass
DimensionsLength 129.2 cm (50 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward B. Witte
Accession number1982.7
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1982, Mrs. Edward B. Witte, Belmont, Massachusetts, who apparently found the object in a barn, Harvard, Massachusetts, that previously belonged to a French scholar and professor at Harvard University; 1982, gift of Witte to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1982)
Late 19th century
late 18th century
early 19th century
late 19th century
about 1760
