Lute
Object type: Lute
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Artist: Pietro Railich
Artist bio: German, Füssen 1615–ca. 1678 Padua
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German (active Italy)
Date: 1669
Medium: Spruce, snakewood, ebony
Dimensions: 46 3/4 × 11 × 5 1/2 in. (118.7 × 27.9 × 14 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Padua   Italy  
Credit line: Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2008
Accession year: 2008