Guitar

Medium

Spruce, ebony, fruitwood, bone, ivory, mother-of-pearl, parchment

Dimensions

Height: 35 11/16 in. (90.7 cm) Width (at greatest point): 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) Depth (rib height at bottom): 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)

Classification

Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted

Culture

Italian

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Rogers Fund, Mrs. Peter Nicholas, University of Chicago Club of New York, Mrs. Henry J. Heinz II and Lowell S. Smith and Sally Sanford Gifts, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 1984

Accession Number

1984.225