Leonporri Violin
date: label: date made
content: 1755
name: label: maker
content: Leonporri, Giovanni Francesco
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made by Giovanni Francesco Leonporri in Milan, Italy in 1755. Leonporri, whose attributed (signed) work is rarely encountered, is thought to have worked in Milan during the period 1750-1768. The Tyrolean character of his instruments implies that he may have been of Germanic background. It is possible that he Italianized his name when he moved to Milan. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, two-piece back of maple cut on 45o with very fine irregular gently descending figure, ribs of similar maple, grafted maple neck with original plain maple pegbox and scroll, and a semi-transparent golden-brown varnish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Italy: Lombardy, Milan
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Violins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Alfredo and Raquel Halegua
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0838.01
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0838.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0838
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (table material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (back material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 7/8 in x 8 in x 3 7/8 in; 60.6425 cm x 20.32 cm x 9.8425 cm