Cittern
Object type: Cittern
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Joachim Tielke
Artist bio: German, 1641–1719
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1685
Medium: Cypress, ivory, ebony, parchment, brass
Dimensions: 24 7/8 × 9 5/16 × 2 in. (63.2 × 23.7 × 5.1 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Hamburg   Germany  
Credit line: Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift and Rogers Fund, 1985
Accession year: 1985