Object Description

Giorgio Sellas (born 1574 or 1596 in Fussen, Venice 1624–1648)Venice, dated 1641GIORGIO SE / LLASALLA/ STELLAINVEN/ ETIA 1641(Carved, mother-of-pearl plates, peg-box)Conifer (belly); yew(?), ivory veins (rounded back); mother-of-pearl, ebony, ivory (decoration); metal (strings); belly with a fine multi-layered rosePeg-box; ten pegs inserted in the backNine frets (fingerboard); five double coursesL. 89 cm, 46 cm (belly), 58 cm (vibrating strings)lnv. 1927.271.