Object details
Object number
U18e51
Creator(s)
Italian
Title
Miniature Mandolin
Date
16th century
Medium
Wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Dimensions
21.9 x 6.6 x 4 cm (8 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Commentary
This tiny stringed instrument, laid on its side, is one of the many objects that makes up Gardner’s composition of the Little Salon gilt vitrine. It is one of two Italian miniature instruments that Gardner collected—the other, a lute, is displayed close by.
Gallery
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 146. (as Italian, dated 16th century)
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