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