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Dance master's violin
Christian Phillip Blumenhagen (German, active mid-18th century)
1753
Object Place: Hanover, Germany
Medium/Technique
Maple, spruce, ebony
Dimensions
Length 40 cm, width 8.6 cm (Length 15 3/4 in., width 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1710
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionViolin form. Body (back and ribs), neck and peg-box carved out of solid piece of maple. Belly of soft pine with f-holes. Both back and belly are highly arched. Finger-board of ebony. Tail-piece attached to ivory tail-pin. Four strings; movable bridge, pegs of simplified violin pattern. Bass-bar and sound-post. Light yellow varnish.
InscriptionsManuscript label: Christ; Phil: Blumenhagen / Fecit Ao. 1753
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)