Images from The Rawlins Gallery Sixteenth-century Italian Cittern NNM 3386. Cittern attributed to Urbino, Italy, ca. 1550.   The body, long neck, and pegbox terminating in an openwork scroll are carved from a single piece of wood.   Two other citterns with the open scroll survive in London and Vienna, but do not have the elaborate body.   Ex. coll.: Lord Astor.   Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984.   Click arrow to continue Rawlins Gallery Tour Go to Rawlins Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Tour Index Go to Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments Go to Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800 National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 1996-2007 Most recent update:   December 7, 2007 You are the 17,605th visitor to this page. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page