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Guitar

ca. 1835–40
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 681
An engraved paper label in the body states: “Nach dem Modell / des Luigi Legnani 3347 / von Johann Anton Staufer / in Wien N-480 / Stauffer [MS signature].” Rinaldo Luigi Legnani (Ferrara, 1790–Ravenna, 1877) was a guitar virtuoso as well as amateur violin and guitar maker who eveloped a guitar design emulated by Stauffer. This example has a small, narrow waisted body with a one-piece back, sides of maple, and top of spruce. The neck angle (and thus the height of the strings, or the “action”) can be adjusted with a key mechanism. Johann Anton Stauffer was the son of Johann Georg Stauffer.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Guitar
  • Maker: Johann Anton Stauffer (Austrian)
  • Date: ca. 1835–40
  • Geography: Vienna, Austria
  • Culture: Austrian
  • Medium: Spruce, maple
  • Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.390
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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