Object details
Accession number
U18e8
Primary Creator
John Player
(active London, 1665 - 1708)
Full title
Spinet
Creation Date
about 1690
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Karl J. Freund, New York on 20 May 1915 for $600. (as a Clavichord, Queen Ann style)
Dimensions
17 x 152 x 58.5 cm (6 11/16 x 59 13/16 x 23 1/16 in.)
Display Media
Cedar, with ebony and ivory keys
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 142-43. (as German, dated late 17th century; as a spinet)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Guide to the Collection (Boston, 1903), p. 73. (as the school of Stephen Keene (English, active 1640-1712), dated about 1680)
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