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Violin
Mathijs Hofmans IV (Belgian, 1622–before 1679)
about 1650
Object Place: Antwerp, Belgium
Medium/Technique
Maple, spruce, ebony
Dimensions
Length 59.1 cm, width 20.5 cm (Length 23 1/4 in., width 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Lindsey Fund
Accession Number37.1153
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CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionOne-piece back and ribs of maple. Two-piece belly of fine-grain spruce. Regular purfling. Neck and pegbox of maple. Fingerboard, tailpiece, nut, saddle, and end button of ebony. Tuning pegs of boxwood. Medium-brown varnish. Internal construction: Normal modern.
InscriptionsPrinted label: Mathias Hofman / Me ficit Antwerpen
ProvenanceBefore 1937, sold by William E. Hill & Sons [No. 8672 by their records], London, to Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, New York; 1937, sold by Wurlitzer to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 17, 1937)
Excerpt from Passacaglia, about 1676
Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Performed by Daniel Stepner