Mandolin
Object type: Mandolin
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Artist: Giovanni Battista Bizaro
Artist bio: Italian, Treviso, active ca. 1770–1780
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1770
Medium: Yew, spruce, bone, ebony
Dimensions: L. 52.5 cm (20-3/4 in.); body L. 23.5 cm (9-1/4 in.); body W. 14.5 cm (5-3/4 in.); string L. 29 cm (11-1/2 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked
Geography:  Treviso   Italy  
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 2002
Accession year: 2002