Grand piano
Johann Peter Fritz
(Austrian, died 1834)
about 1815
Object PlaceVienna, Austria
Medium/TechniqueHungarian ash case
DimensionsOverall: 221 x 114.7 x 28.8 cm (87 x 45 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number2014.1475
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsJohann Fritz in WienProvenanceBefore 1940, Robert Woods Bliss (b. 1875 – d. 1962) and Mildred Barnes Bliss (b. 1879 – d. 1969), Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC; 1952, given by the Blisses to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Woodlawn Plantation, Alexandria, VA; 1988, deeded to the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, Onancock, VA; September 20, 2013, sold by the Virginia Historical Society, through Weschler’s, Washington DC (sale no. 1410), lot 268, to Pelham Galleries, London and Paris; 2014, sold by Pelham Galleries to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)
