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Viola
Viola

Viola

Gérard J. Deleplanque (French, active 1760–1790)
1787
Object PlaceLille, France
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 64.7 cm, width 22.9 cm (Length 25 1/2 in., width 9 in.)
Credit LineGift of Michael J. Merten in memory of Alice E. Fulton
Accession number1984.557
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label: GERARD J. DELEPLANQUE / Luthier rue de la Grande / Chauffee, coindecelle des / Dominicains a Lille. 17 [handwritten:] 87Provenance1959, sold by John A. Gould & Sons (Violin Makers, Dealers and Repairers), Boston, Massachusetts, to Alice E. Fulton, South Weymouth, Massachusetts; by 1984, by inheritance to Michael J. Merten, South Weymouth, Massachusetts; 1984, gift of Merten to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 1984)