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Lute or Tiorbino
The collection record classifies this work as musical instrument. It is dated c. 1620. Recorded culture or place: Italy, probably made in the mid-17th century, but modified by later repair.
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- Museum title
- Lute or Tiorbino
- Date
- c. 1620
- Culture / origin
- Italy, probably made in the mid-17th century, but modified by later repair
- Materials and technique
- wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 100.7 x 27.7 cm (39 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1918.368
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
The lute was the most important musical instrument in secular settings throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Not only a virtuoso instrument with a huge repertoire, the lute provided the ideal accompaniment for the voice, played an essential role in ensembles, figured in masques and operas, and was played by amateurs as well as professionals. A highly specialized instrument, this tiorbino is a type of long-necked lute resembling a theorbo, but significantly smaller and pitched an octave higher. An object of great rarity, it is one of the smallest Baroque tiorbinos to survive.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr. · CC0
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