Violin
On display
Details
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Title
Violin
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Artist/maker
Jacob Stainer (c. 1617 - 1683) -
Associated place
Innsbruck (Absam, near Innsbruck) (place of creation) -
Date
1672 -
Material and technique
maple, spruce
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Object type
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Dimensions
35.3 cm of back (length)
16.6 cm upper bout (back) (width)
10.625 cm middle bout (back) (width)
20.4 cm lower bout (back) (width)
32.85 cm string (length) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by the Revd E.C. Tippetts, 1957.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 39 | Music and Tapestry -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA1957.108
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Further reading
Boyden, David D., The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford/OUP, 1969), 16
Whiteley, Jon, Stringed Instruments: Viols, Violins, Citterns, and Guitars in the Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2008), 44, illus. 44-45
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