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Descant viola da gamba (pardessus de viole)
Benoist Fleury (French, 1719–1792)
1752
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Maple, walnut, spruce, ebony
Dimensions
Length 58.7 cm, width 19.5 cm (Length 23 1/8 in., width 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1712
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
InscriptionsPrinted label: Benoit Fleury rue des Boucheries / Faubourg St. Germain a Paris, 17 [handwritten: 52]; stamped on button: FLEURY
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
Sarabande from Pieces de viole (Book I), 1689
Composed by Marin Marais
Performed by Carol Lewis