Cittern
A pear-shaped plucked instrument with a long fretted neck inlaid with ivory scrollwork and a tuning head of pegs. The warm reddish body carries an ornate rosette and two small round sound holes, set against a dark background.
Look closer: Ornate ivory inlay runs along the side of the body, partly hidden in shadow.
- Artist
- Joachim Tielke
- Date
- ca. 1685
- Medium
- Cypress, ivory, ebony, parchment, brass
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 2920 × 3894 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1690).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift and Rogers Fund, 1985