Title: Lute
Object type: Lute
Date: late 16th century
Culture: Italian
Artist: Attributed to Wendelin Tieffenbrucker 
Artist bio: German, active 1570–1610
Artist nationality: German, active Italy
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Yew, spruce, ebony, maple
Dimensions: Height: 22 1/16 in. (56 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Credit line: Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Freedman, by exchange, 1989
Geography:  Padua   Italy      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY