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Violoncello
Marcus Snoeck (Belgian, 1694–1762)
about 1720
Object Place: Brussels, Belgium
Medium/Technique
Maple, spruce, ebony
Dimensions
Length 121.3 cm, width 41.3 cm (Length 47 3/4 in., width 16 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1731
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionTwo-piece back and ribs of maple. Two-piece belly of fine-grain spruce. Regular purfling. Neck and pegbox of maple. Fingerboard, tailpiece, nut, saddle, and end button of ebony. Tuning pegs of rosewood with buttons of ivory. Endpin of steel with collar of maple. Reddish-brown varnish. Internal construction: Normal modern.
InscriptionsPrinted label: Marcus Broche a Bruxelles, / au Roy David, l'An 17 [handwritten: 20 (?)]
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)