Violin
Object type: Violin
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Joachim Tielke
Artist bio: German, 1641–1719
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1685
Medium: Spruce, maple
Dimensions: 23 1/4 × 7 15/16 × 3 1/2 in. (59.1 × 20.2 × 8.9 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Bowed
Geography:  Hamburg   Germany  
Credit line: Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1992
Accession year: 1992