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Mandolin

Giuseppe Presbler (German, 1760–1801 Milan)

Date:: 1796
Geography:: Milan, Italy
Medium:: Rosewood, spruce, walnut, bone, mother-of-pearl
Dimensions:: L. 56.3 cm (22 3/16 in.); String L. 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.); Max. W. 19.9 cm (7 13/16 in.)
Classification:: Chordophone-Lute
Credit Line:: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Willcox, in memory of Jane Byrd Radcliffe Whitehead, 1989
Accession Number:: 1989.344.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 684

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Printed label: GIUSEPPE PRESBLER/In Milano/nella Contrada della Dogana/all'insegna del Sole. 1796 (96 handwritten)
References

Dobney Jayson Kerr. "Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (2011), pg. 11, ill.
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