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Grand piano
Johann Peter Fritz (Austrian, died 1834)
about 1815
Object Place: Vienna, Austria
Medium/Technique
Hungarian ash case
Dimensions
Overall: 221 x 114.7 x 28.8 cm (87 x 45 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number2014.1475
ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
InscriptionsJohann Fritz in Wien
ProvenanceBefore 1940, Robert Woods Bliss (b. 1875 – d. 1962) and Mildred Barnes Bliss (b. 1879 – d. 1969), Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC; 1952, given by the Blisses to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Woodlawn Plantation, Alexandria, VA; 1988, deeded to the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, Onancock, VA; September 20, 2013, sold by the Virginia Historical Society, through Weschler’s, Washington DC (sale no. 1410), lot 268, to Pelham Galleries, London and Paris; 2014, sold by Pelham Galleries to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)