Dance master's violin
Christian Phillip Blumenhagen
(German, active mid-18th century)
1753
Object PlaceHanover, Germany
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 40 cm, width 8.6 cm (Length 15 3/4 in., width 3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1710
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Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
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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)
late 19th century
mid 18th century
