Title: Guitar
Object type: Guitar
Date: ca. 1630–50
Culture: Italian
Artist: Attributed to Matteo Sellas 
Artist bio: German, Füssen ca. 1599–1654 Venice
Artist nationality: German, active Italy
Artist role: Maker
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
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1990
Geography:  Venice   Italy      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY