Title: Lute
Object type: Lute
Date: 1596
Culture: German
Artist:  Sixtus Rauchwolff 
Artist bio: German, Augsburg 1556?–after 1629
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Rosewood, ivory, wood, ebony
Dimensions: Height: 23 in. (58.4 cm)
Width: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Weight: Under 40 lbs
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Credit line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Geography:  Augsburg   Germany      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY