Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Musical Instruments: July 2009–June 2011
Mandolin
1895–1900
Decorated by Icilio Consalvi
Overall: 24 x 6 x 8 in. (61 x 15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Rosewood, spruce, ebony, mother-of-pearl, celluloid, nickel silver
Classification: Musical instruments
Place of Manufacture: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Accession number: 2011.357
Location: Jan and Warren Adelson Gallery (An American Renaissance)
Provenance/Ownership History: May 1984, sold at Brimfield Flea Market to Jim Bollman, Arlington, Massachusetts; 2011, sold by Bollman to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2011)
Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund