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Viola

(Czech, 1753–1826)
1795
Object PlacePrague, Czech Republic
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 64.4 cm, width 22.3 cm (Length 25 3/8 in., width 8 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Wolfe Wolfinsohn
Accession number1983.161
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label: Ioannes Michael Willer / fecit Praga, A. 17 [handwritten: 93]
Provenance1983, gift of Wolfe A. Wolfinsohn, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1983)
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