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Viola d'amore

(French, died 1748)
1746
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueSpruce, maple, ivory, ebony, boxwood
DimensionsLength x width: 70 x 20 cm (27 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineMary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession number2012.322
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceJune 2010, sold by Claude Lebet, Rome, to Tony Bingham, London; 2012, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2012)
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