Cittern, by Joachim Tielke, ca. 1685
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Cittern

Maker Joachim Tielke (German, 1641–1719)

ca. 1685

Medium
Cypress, ivory, ebony, parchment, brass
Classification
Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Dimensions
24 7/8 × 9 5/16 × 2 in. (63.2 × 23.7 × 5.1 cm)
Culture
German
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musical Instruments
Credit line
Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift and Rogers Fund, 1985
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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