Muselar Virginal
Object type: Muselar Virginal
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Flemish
Artist: Joannes (Jan) Ruckers
Artist bio: Flemish, Antwerp 1578–1642 Antwerp
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Flemish
Date: 1622
Medium: Wood, paint, bone, metal, beech, leather
Dimensions: Height: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
Width (parallel to keyboard): 67 1/4 in. (170.8 cm)
Depth (perpendicular to keyboard): 19 3/16 in. (48.8 cm)
Measurements for that stand: H. 28 in. W. 58 in. D. 24 in.
Classification: Chordophone-Zither-plucked
Geography:     Belgium  
Credit line: Gift of Bernardus Boekelman, 1911
Accession year: 1911