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Guitar
1680
Nicolas Alexandre Voboam II, French, after 1633–about 1693
Paris, France
Length 91.9 cm, width 25 cm, depth 9.3 cm (Length 36 3/16 in., width 9 13/16 in., depth 3 11/16 in.)
Ebony, red cedar, spruce, ivory
Inscriptions: In ink on headstock: Alexandre / Voboam / 1680Classification: Musical instrumentsOn view in the: Musical Instruments GalleryMusic: Caprice de chacone by Francesco Corbetta, 1671 (performed by Olav Chris Henriksen; from the recording "La Guitarre Royalle," Museum Music label)
Museum of Fine Arts, BostonOtis Norcross Fund, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Fraser and Bequest of Gertrude T. Taft, by exchange, 1993
Accession number: 1993.576Provenance/Ownership History: Purchased from Tony Bingham of London, who purchased the instrument from a violin dealer in France.This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
    
 
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