Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

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Musical Instruments: July 2009–June 2011


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Flute

about 1856
Vincent Hypolite Godfroy
Overall: 66.7 cm (26 1/4 in.)
Cocuswood, silver

Classification: Musical instruments

Object Place: Paris, France

Accession number: 2010.620

Location: Musical Instruments Gallery

Provenance/Ownership History: 1970s, Warren Clewell, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; 1970s, given by Clewell to Shirley Williams, Dover, Massachusetts; 2010, gift of Williams to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 2010)

Gift of Shirley Williams in memory of Alan Williams