Lyre Guitar
Joseph Pons
ca. 1805
Medium
Mahogany, spruce, ebony, brass, nickel-silver, gilding
Dimensions
Height: 34 1/4 in. (87 cm) Width: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
Classification
Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Culture
French
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1998
Accession Number
1998.121
Rights
Public Domain