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Violoncello

about 1700
Object PlaceSouthern Germany
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce
DimensionsLength 118 cm, width 41 cm (46 7/16 in, 16 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Tobias Swift White in memory of Frederick Lawrence Peter White
Accession number2010.42
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceUntil 1885, Richard Grant White (1822-1885); by descent to his son, Stanford White, architect of the American Renaissance; by descent to his grandson, Frederic Lawrence Peter White; July 15, 1991, gift of Frederic Lawrence Peter White to Tobias Swift White; gift of Tobias Swift White in memory of Frederick Lawrence Peter White to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 24, 2010)
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