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Violin

Violin

(1853–about 1925)
1908
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 60.5 cm, width 20.5 cm (Length 23 13/16 in., width 8 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Benjamin Grosbayne
Accession number1972.1175
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label: MODEL [handwritten: A Stradivari] / WALTER SOLON GOSS / STRINGED INSTRUMENT MAKER / Copyist of FAMOUS ITALIANS, / BOSTON, MASS., A. D. 19 [handwritten: 08]; [additional inscription on belly]
Provenance1972, gift of Benjamin Grosbayne, Newton, Massechusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 27, 1985)