"The Francesca" Violin
Object type: Violin
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian (Cremona)
Artist: Antonio Stradivari
Artist bio: Italian, Cremona 1644–1737 Cremona
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1694
Medium: Maple, spruce, ebony, mother of pearl
Dimensions: Height: 23 in. (58.4 cm)
Width: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Depth (at lower bout): 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography:  Cremona   Italy  
Credit line: Bequest of Annie Bolton Matthews Bryant, 1933
Accession year: 1934