Guitar
Object type: Guitar
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Artist: Matteo Sellas
Artist bio: German, Füssen ca. 1599–1654 Venice
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German (active Italy)
Date: ca. 1630–50
Medium: Spruce, bone, parchment, snakewood, ivory
Dimensions: 37 7/8 × 10 1/2 × 4 in. (96.2 × 26.7 × 10.2 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Venice   Italy  
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1990
Accession year: 1990