Violin
On display
Details
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Title
Violin
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Artist/maker
Andrea Amati (c. 1505 - 1577) -
Associated place
Cremona (place of creation) -
Date
1564 -
Material and technique
pine, maple, ivory
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Object type
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Dimensions
34.05 cm of back (length)
15.75 cm upper bout (back) (width)
10.4 cm middle bout (back) (width)
19.425 cm lower bout (back) (width)
31.8 cm string (length) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by W. E. Hill & Sons, 1939.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 39 | Music and Tapestry -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA1939.20
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Further reading
Boyden, David D., The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford/OUP, 1969), 10
Whiteley, Jon, Stringed Instruments: Viols, Violins, Citterns, and Guitars in the Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2008), 28, illus. 29-31
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