The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lyre Guitar

Date:: ca. 1805
Geography:: Paris, France
Medium:: Mahogany, spruce, gilding
Dimensions:: H. 87 cm. (34 1/4 in.); Max. W. 36.5 cm. (14 3/8 in.); String L. 64 cm. (25 3/16 in.)
Classification:: Chordophone-Lute
Credit Line:: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1998
Accession Number:: 1998.121

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 684

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: (printed label within ornamental border) "Pons, fils/luthier,/Rue du Grand Hurleur/No. 5/A Paris, an 13."; (stamped on front of pegbox and on soundboard just below fingerboard) "Pons fils/à Paris"
References

Kuronen Darcy. Dangerous Curves: The Art Of The Guitar. Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA, 2001, pg. 53, ill.
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