Cittern
Object type: Cittern
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Gerard J. Deleplanque
Artist bio: French, Lille, France active ca. 1754–1790
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1772
Medium: Maple, spruce, ebony, ivory, mother-of-pearl, brass
Dimensions: Total length: 802 mm
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-fretted
Geography:  Paris   France  
Credit line: Gift of Helen C. Lanier, 1982
Accession year: 1982