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Terz guitar

(Austrian, about 1805–after 1851)
1832–33
Object PlaceVienna, Austria
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony, nickel silver
DimensionsOverall: 89 x 29.5 x 7 cm (35 1/16 x 11 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Case: 99 x 31 x 7.5 cm (39 x 12 3/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number2015.2014
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Inscriptions#3376
Provenance1945, gift of Alessandro Bessone, Rome, to his daughter, Alessandra Bessone, Rome; 2013, gift of Alessandra Bessone to her son, Alberto Molinari, Rome; 2015, sold by Alberto Molinari to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 20, 2015)
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