Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1684
Violin: 55158
Back: One-piece of bird's-eye maple cut on the slab
Scroll: The pegbox pierced and carved at the rear with arabesques, the sides carved with foliage on a stippled ground, the whole surmounted with a carved female head
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Provenance
in 1989 | Sold by Sotheby's |
until 1992 | Clara Mertens |
from 1992 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
References
- Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, November 22-23, 1989, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)