Lute
Object type: Lute
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Artist: Wendelin Tieffenbrucker
Artist bio: German, active 1570–1610
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German (active Italy)
Date: late 16th century
Medium: Yew, spruce, ebony, maple
Dimensions: Height: 22 1/16 in. (56 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Padua   Italy  
Credit line: Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Freedman, by exchange, 1989
Accession year: 1989