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Bass viola da gamba
Arwitt Rönnegren (Swedish, 1680–1737)
1733
Object Place: Kattarp, Sweden
Medium/Technique
Birch, pine
Dimensions
Length 116.2 cm, width 34.6 cm (Length 45 3/4 in., width 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Lindsey Fund
Accession Number65.2685
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
InscriptionsManuscript label: Arwit ronnegren / i fastarn i Lugede / heraf Anno 1733; in pencil (?) inside: T. H. NY / 1904
ProvenanceBefore 1965, purchased in Philadelphia by Harold Priest, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1965, sold by Priest to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1982)
Prelude, about 1780
Composed by Karl Friedrich Abel
Performed by Laura Jeppesen