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Essay

The Guitar

September 1, 2007

By Wendy Powers and Jayson Kerr Dobney

The vihuela and guitar existed simultaneously until the seventeenth century, when the popularity of the guitar superseded the vihuela.
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The Spanish Guitar

May 1, 2017

By Daniel Wheeldon

This is in fact the repeating story of the Spanish guitar: the innovations of Spain’s virtuosic musicians and ingenious craftsmen disperse to captivate and transform guitar-playing traditions around the world.
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Recent Acquisition: PRS Guitar

January 13, 2014

By Jayson Kerr Dobney

Associate Curator Jayson Dobney discusses the Museum's recent acquisition of a custom-made electric guitar made by PRS Guitars.
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Archtop Guitars and Mandolins

September 1, 2016

By Jayson Kerr Dobney

The archtop guitar, with its many subtleties of sound, became a dominant instrument in the new bebop and cool jazz styles.
Press Release

The Met Receives Landmark Gift of More Than 500 of the Finest Guitars from the Golden Age of American Guitar Making

With this collection, the Museum will become an epicenter for the celebration and study of this iconic instrument
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Four Seasons Guitars | MetCollects

July 7, 2017
"What makes an instrument an individual?" Anthony Wilson plays John Monteleone's "Four Seasons" guitars.
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Now On View: Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C. F. Martin

January 21, 2014

By Jayson Kerr Dobney

Associate Curator Jayson Dobney introduces the exhibition Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C. F. Martin, on view through December 7, 2014.
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Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749–1803)

June 1, 2016

By Katharine Baetjer

[Labille-Guiard] was versed in a variety of artists’ materials, had exhibited twice at the Salon de la Correspondance, was an experienced teacher of aspiring young women artists, and had cultivated a wide acquaintance among academicians…
Press Release

Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C. F. Martin
January 14 - December 7, 2014

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Pablo Picasso's Man with a Guitar, 1915–16

October 17, 2016

By Rachel Mustalish

Picasso used a variety of materials and techniques to create this small yet complex composition.
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Guitar

Manuel Ramírez (Spanish, Alhama de Aragon, 1864–1916)

Date: 1912
Accession Number: 1986.353.2

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Guitar

Date: ca. 1800
Accession Number: 69.29

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Guitar

Hermann Hauser (German, Munich 1882–1952 Reisbach)

Date: 1937
Accession Number: 1986.353.1

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Guitar

attributed to Jean-Baptiste Voboam

Date: 1697
Accession Number: 1989.147

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Guitar

Attributed to Matteo Sellas (German, Füssen ca. 1599–1654 Venice)

Date: ca. 1630–50
Accession Number: 1990.103

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Guitar

Attributed to Giacomo (Jacob) Ertel (German, ca. 1646–1711 Rome)

Date: late 17th century
Accession Number: 1984.225

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Guitar

Christian Frederick Martin (Markneukirchen, Saxony 1796–1873 Nazareth, Pennsylvania)

Date: ca. 1838
Accession Number: 1979.380a, b

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Guitar

Hermann Hauser (German, Munich 1882–1952 Reisbach)

Date: 1940
Accession Number: L.2011.49

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Guitar

Johann Anton Stauffer (Austrian)

Date: ca. 1835–40
Accession Number: 1979.390

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Guitar

Christian Frederick Martin (Markneukirchen, Saxony 1796–1873 Nazareth, Pennsylvania)

Date: ca. 1837
Accession Number: 2017.174