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Mandolino
1724
Benedetto Gualzatta, Italian, about 1688–after 1729
Rome, Italy
Length 55.5 cm, width 14.4 cm, depth 8.5 cm (Length 21 7/8 in., width 5 11/16 in., depth 3 3/8 in.)
Maple, spruce, mother-of-pearl, ivory
Inscriptions: Manuscript label: Benedetto Gualzatta/ Roma 1724Classification: Musical instrumentsOn view in the: Musical Instruments GalleryMusic: Largo from Concerto in C (RV 425) by Antonio Vivaldi, 1720s (performed by Olav Chris Henriksen) Museum of Fine Arts, BostonFrederick Brown Fund and Keeper's Discretionary Fund, 1992
Accession number: 1992.1Provenance/Ownership History: Purchased from Andrew Dipper of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dipper purchased the instrument in 1977 in Cremona, Italy.This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
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