Guitar
On display
Details
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Title
Guitar
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Artist/maker
René Voboam (c. 1606 - 1671) -
Associated place
Paris (place of creation) -
Date
1641 -
Material and technique
spruce, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory, ebony, parchment, cord
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Object type
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Dimensions
93.5 cm overall (length)
46.2 cm body (length)
20.6 cm upper bout (front) (width)
18.2 cm waist (width)
24.6 cm lower bout (front) (width)
8.3 cm body (neck) (depth)
9.45 cm body (tail) (depth)
69.6 cm string (length) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by W. E. Hill & Sons, 1939.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 39 | Music and Tapestry -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA1939.36
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Further reading
Boyden, David D., The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford/OUP, 1969), 40
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