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Lute
1699
Andreas Berr, Austrian, 1656–1722
Vienna, Austria
Length 81 cm, width 28.3 cm, depth 13.5 cm (Length 31 7/8 in., width 11 1/8 in., depth 5 5/16 in.)
Ivory, spruce, ebony
Inscriptions: Printed label: Andreas Berr / Lauten und Geigen: / macher in Wienn Anno 16 [handwritten: 99]/ [handwritten: 3 ur gr (?)i...(?); incised on underside of belly near neck joint: L BClassification: Musical instrumentsOn view in the: Musical Instruments GalleryMusic: Gigue qui imite Coucou by Johann Anton Logi, 1690s (performed by Olav Chris Henriksen)
Museum of Fine Arts, BostonArthur Tracy Cabot Fund, 1986
Accession number: 1986.7Provenance/Ownership History: Purchased from Hugh Gough of New York. Gough purchased the instrument at auction at Christie's, London (May 13, 1981, lot 48).This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
  
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