Object details
Accession number
U18e51
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Miniature Mandolin
Creation Date
16th century
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.)
Display Media
Wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 146. (as Italian, dated 16th century)
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