"Antonius" Violin
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Maple, spruce, ebony
- Dimensions
- Height: 23 in. (58.4 cm) Width: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
- Origin
- Italian (Cremona)
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Bequest of Annie Bolton Matthews Bryant, 1933
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Music Both · 99%
The image clearly shows a violin, while the Metropolitan Museum of Art identifies the work as a violin and places it in the Musical Instruments department.
Visual Qualities
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Symmetrical Visual · 97%
The violin is displayed frontally with a strongly bilateral outline and paired elements including the f-shaped sound holes and tuning pegs.
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Single Object Visual · 99%
A single violin occupies the center of the image against a largely uniform pale background.
Time Periods
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18th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the violin to 1711, which falls within the eighteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Italian Art Metadata · 98%
The catalog gives the place of origin as Italian, specifically Cremona.
Materials
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Wood Metadata · 99%
The catalog lists maple, spruce, and ebony as the medium; these are all types of wood.
Antiquities, Artifacts, and Religious Objects
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Musical Instrument Both · 100%
A complete violin is visible, and the catalog explicitly classifies the object as a violin and as a bowed, unfretted chordophone.
Source & rights
Antonio Stradivari. "Antonius" Violin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.