Lute
Object type: Lute
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Sixtus Rauchwolff
Artist bio: German, Augsburg 1556?–after 1629
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: 1596
Medium: Rosewood, ivory, wood, ebony
Dimensions: Height: 23 in. (58.4 cm)
Width: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Augsburg   Germany  
Credit line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Accession year: 1889