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   Musical Instrument, organized by type, Stringed
Works of Art (60)
A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735, India (Rajasthan, Kishangarh), Ink, opaque and transparent watercolor, and gold on paper (1996.100.1) 
 
Amphora, ca. 490 B.C.; Classical; red-figure, Attributed to the Berlin Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (56.171.38)  
 
Bass Viol, 18th century, Germany (1976.8.37) 
 
Bell krater, ca. 460 B.C.; Classical; red-figure, Attributed to the Danae Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (23.160.80)  
 
Bell-krater, ca. 440 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Painter of London E 497, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (24.97.30)  
 
Brahma (Pômch’ôn), Chosôn dynasty, Unidentified artist, Korean, Hanging scroll, ink and color on hemp (21.57)  
 
Chitarrone, 1725, Made by David Tecchler (Austrian), Rome, Italy, Wood, tortoiseshell, various other materials (1988.87) 
 
Cuatro puertorriqueño, 2003, Luis Angel Colón, Wood, metal, wire (2003.216.1)  
 
Dancers in the Rehearsal Room with a Double Bass, ca. 1882–85, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French), Oil on canvas (29.100.127) 
 
Division Viol, 1692, Barak Norman (English), Wood (1990.223) 
 
Group of seated female musicians, Tang dynasty, late 7th century, China, Earthenware with painted decoration (23.180.4–7) 
 
Guitar and Still Life on a Guéridon, 1922, Georges Braque (French), Oil with sand on canvas (1979.481) 
 
Guitar, 1697, Jean-Baptiste Voboam (French), Paris, Wood, tortoiseshell (1989.147) 
 
Guitar, 1797, Benito Sánchez de Aguilera (Spanish), Madrid, Wood (1990.221) 
 
Guitar, 1912, Manuel Ramírez (Spanish), Madrid, Wood (1986.353.2) 
 
Guitar, 1937, Hermann Hauser (German2), Munich, Wood (1986.353.1) 
 
Guitar, ca. 1630–50
Attributed to Matteo Sellas (Italian), Venice, Wood, bone, various materials (1990.103)
 
 
Guitar, ca. 1780, Possibly Joseph de Frías (Spanish), Seville, Wood, various materials (1992.279) 
 
Guitar, ca. 1835–40, Johann Anton Stauffer (Austrian), Vienna, Wood, various materials (1979.390) 
 
Guitar, ca. 1838, Christian Frederick Martin (American, born Germany), New York, Wood, various materials (1979.380a) 
 
Guitar, late 17th century, Attributed to Giacomo Ertel (German, active in Italy), Rome, Wood, various materials (1984.225)  
 
Hardanger Fiddle, 1756, Isak N. Botnen/Skår (Norwegian) and Trond Isaksen Flatebø (Norwegian), Pine, birch, and other woods, bone, lignum vitae and mother-of-pearl inlay (46.34.7) 
 
Harp-lute, ca. 1815, Edward Light (English), London, Wood, lacquered and gilded (50.184.1) 
 
Harp, 19th–20th century, Mangbetu peoples; Democratic Republic of Congo, Wood, hide, twine, brass ring (1978.412.412) 
 
Harp, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, ca. 1390–1295 B.C., Egyptian, Wood (43.2.1)  
 
Harpo-lyre, ca. 1830, André Augustin Chevrier (French), Mirecourt (France), Wood (1992.117.1,.2) 
 
Kamanche, ca. 1880, Iran (Tehran), Wood, metal, bone, gut (1998.72) 
 
Kendice, 1965, Josef Koudelka (Czech), Gelatin silver print (1995.362) 
 
Kora (Harp-Lute), ca. 1960, Made by Mamadou Kouyaté Senegambia, Gourd, wood, leather, metal (1975.59) 
 
Kylix, ca. 480 B.C.; red-figure, Attributed to the Dokimasia Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (06.1021.188) 
 
Leather Panel (Allegory of Music), ca. 1570–90, Northern France, Blind-stamped, embossed, molded, and incised leather on later wooden mount (2006.71)  
 
Lebes gamikos (wedding vase), ca. 430–420 B.C.; Classical, Attributed to the Washing Painter, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (07.286.35a,b)  
 
Lira, ca. 1890, Greece, Wood, tortoiseshell, ivory (2003.378) 
 
Lute, 1596; converted into a guitar, 19th century, Made by Sixtus Rauchwolff, Augsberg, Germany, Spruce, ebony, and rosewood (89.2.157)  
 
Lute, Roman Byzantine period, 3rd–4th century, Egyptian, Wood (12.182.44)  
 
Lyre-guitar, early 19th century (ca. 1805), Pons fils (probably a son of César Pons), Paris, France,Mahogany and spruce (1998.121) 
 
Madonna and Child with Saints, altarpiece, ca. 1520, Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, Veronese), Tempera and oil on canvas (20.92)  
 
Mandora or Chitarino, ca. 1420, Northern Italy, Boxwood, rosewood (64.101.1409)  
 
Mayuri (Hindi) or ta'us (Urdu), 19th century, India, Wood, parchment, metal, feathers (89.4.163) 
 
Merengue en Boca Chica, 1983, Rafael Ferrer (American, born Puerto Rico), Oil on canvas (1984.2) 
 
Mezzetin, probably 1718–20, Jean Antoine Watteau (French), Oil on canvas (34.138) 
 
One-handled kantharos, ca. 500 B.C.; Archaic, Attributed to the Class of the One-Handled Kantharoi, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (63.11.4)  
 
Pipa, 19th century, Made by Jiu-cheng, Guangzhou (Canton), China, Wood, ivory, bone, gut (89.4.52)  
 
Pipa, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Unknown Maker, China, Wood, ivory, bone, silk (50.145.74)  
 
Qin, late Ming dynasty (1634), Prince Lu, China, Wood, lacquer, and silk string (1999.93)  
 
Rebab or rabab, 19th century, Algeria, Wood, parchment, metal, ivory, leather (89.4.403) 
 
Seated woman playing a kithara: From Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, ca. 40–30 B.C.; Late Republican, Roman, Wall painting; Fresco (03.14.5) 
 
Seven String Bass Viol, 1720, Nicolas Bertrand (French)
Wood (89.4.1343)
 
 
Statue of a draped seated man, Republican or Early Imperial, 1st century B.C., Roman, Marble (09.221.4) 
 
Statuette of a seated harp player, ca. 2800–2700 B.C.; late Early Cycladic I–Early Cycladic II, Cycladic, Marble (47.100.1) music 
 
Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio, ca. 1479–82, Possibly designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Italian, Sienese); Executed by Giuliano da Maiano (Italian), Made in Gubbio, Italy, Walnut, beech, rosewood, oak, and fruitwoods on walnut base (39.153)  
 
The Musicians, ca. 1595, Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Lombard), Oil on canvas (52.81) 
 
Venus and the Lute Player, ca. 1565–70, Titian and Workshop (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (36.29)  
 
Violin "The Antonius", 1717, Antonio Stradivari (Italian), Cremona, Italy, Spruce and maple (34.86.2) 
 
Violin "The Francesca", 1694, Antonio Stradivari (Italian), Cremona, Italy

Spruce and maple (34.86.1)
 
 
Violin, 1669, Nicolò Amati (Italian), Cremona, Italy, Spruce, maple, other woods (1974.229) 
 
Violin, 1693, Made by Antonio Stradivari (Italian), Cremona, Italy, Wood (55.86a-c) 
 
Violin, ca. 1570, Made by Andrea Amati (Italian, Cremonese), Cremona, Italy, Maple, spruce, and various other materials (1999.26)  
 
Woman with a Lute, early 1660s, Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), Oil on canvas (25.110.24) 
 
Koto, 17th century, Metalwork by Goto Teijo (Japanese), Paulonia and other woods, ivory, horn, tortoiseshell, gold and silver alloys, silk (2007.194a–f)
 
 
Thematic Essays (18)