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Bass viola da gamba
Attributed to: Claude Pierray (French, active 1698–1729)
about 1710
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Maple, spruce
Dimensions
Length 124.2 cm, width 40 cm (Length 48 7/8 in., width 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1717
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
Prelude in A minor from Pièces de viole (Book 3), 1711
Composed by Marin Marais
Performed by Laura Jeppesen