Double Bass
Object type: Double Bass
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Artist: Bartolomeo Cristofori
Artist bio: Padua 1655–1731 Florence
Artist role: Former Attribution
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 18th century
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: Body L. 96 cm (37-13/16 in.); String L. about 94 cm (37 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography:  Florence   Italy  
Credit line: Purchase, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, Gifts of Dr. and Mrs. Guido S. Corriero and Andrea Manley, by exchange, Rogers Fund, and funds from various donors, 1980
Accession year: 1980