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Violin

Unknown Maker

Date:: ca. 1625
Geography:: England or Germany
Medium:: Wood
Dimensions:: Body L.: 34.2 (13-1/2 in.; String L.: 29 cm (11-1/2 in.); Total L.: 55.6 cm (21-3/4 in.); Greatest Width, Lower Bouts: 18.9 cm (7-1/2 in.)
Classification:: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit Line:: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1990
Accession Number:: 1990.7

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