Antique String Instruments Photos

Photographic overview of violins, lutes, & other instruments where strings are vibrated by rotating wheels or other mechanisms. Painting & sculptures showing instrument being played are included.

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Earthenware dish painted with lute player from Cairo, Egypt at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.Man with Lute painting by Hans Holbein the Younger at Berlin Gemaldegalerie. Berlin, Germany.The Lute Player painting by Caravaggio at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Angel playing lute on corbel in ante-room at Abbotsford House. Melrose, Scotland.
Earthenware dish painted with lute player (11th-12thC) from Cairo, Egypt at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.Man with Lute painting (c1526-7) by Hans Holbein the Younger at Berlin Gemaldegalerie. Berlin, Germany.The Lute Player painting (c1597) by Caravaggio at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Angel playing lute on corbel in ante-room at Abbotsford House. Melrose, Scotland.
Statue of Kaspar Tiefenbrucker most famous European lute maker of 16thC. Füssen, Germany.Replica of lute making workshop, Füssen having established first lute maker's guild in Europe, at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Display of items used for lute making in Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Tools used for lute & violin making in Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.
Statue of Kaspar Tiefenbrucker (1514-71) most famous European lute maker of 16thC. Füssen, Germany.Replica of lute making workshop, Füssen having established first lute maker's guild (1562) in Europe, at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Display of items used for lute making in Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Tools used for lute & violin making in Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.
French lute & case by Wolfgang Wolf of Füssen at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Lute by brothers Giovanni & Basillio Smit at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Lutes & cases by several makers at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Renaissance era bass lute signed on a printed piece of paper, Magno Stegher, at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.
French lute & case (1646) by Wolfgang Wolf of Füssen at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Lute (17thC) by brothers Giovanni & Basillio Smit at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Lutes & cases by several makers at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Renaissance era bass lute (c1600) signed on a printed piece of paper, Magno Stegher, at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.
Lute display at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Moose-like beast & violin player on Cathedral. Reims, France.Beast-like gargoyle & violin player on Reims Cathedral. Reims, France.Violin playing angel statue by Lorenz Luidl from Landsberg at Maximilian Museum. Augsburg, Germany.
Lute display at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Moose-like beast & violin player on Cathedral. Reims, France.Beast-like gargoyle & violin player on Reims Cathedral. Reims, France.Violin playing angel statue (c1690) by Lorenz Luidl from Landsberg at Maximilian Museum. Augsburg, Germany.
Boy with Violin painting attrib. to William Morris Hunt at Lyman Allyn Art Museum. New London, CT.Narrow violins at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Violin collection at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Sculpture of Matthias Klotz , a member of family of violin makers which flourished in the town. Mittenwald, Germany.
Boy with Violin painting (before 1879) attrib. to William Morris Hunt at Lyman Allyn Art Museum. New London, CT.Narrow violins at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Violin collection at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Sculpture of Matthias Klotz (1653-1748), a member of family of violin makers which flourished in the town. Mittenwald, Germany.
Violin & early radio at Foley's Farm at Muckross Traditional Farms in Killarney National Park. Killarney, Ireland.Violin & Mandolin at Boott Cotton Mills Boarding House immigrant gallery. Lowell, MA.Wall panel with costumed monkey playing violin framed in garland of flowers in Monkey salon at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France.Violinist & Young Woman painting by Edgar Degas at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI.
Violin & early radio at Foley's Farm at Muckross Traditional Farms in Killarney National Park. Killarney, Ireland.Violin & Mandolin (c1910) at Boott Cotton Mills Boarding House immigrant gallery. Lowell, MA.Wall panel with costumed monkey playing violin framed in garland of flowers in Monkey salon at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France.Violinist & Young Woman painting (1871) by Edgar Degas at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI.
Glass, Violin & Sheet of Music cubist painting by Georges Braque at Ludwig Museum. Köln, Germany.Violin & Grapes painting in cubist style by Pablo Picasso at MoMA. New York, NY.Music stand for violins quartets in East Room at Eastman House. Rochester, NY.Commemorative violin made for Centennial of St Louis World's Fair at Missouri History Museum. St Louis, MO.
Glass, Violin & Sheet of Music cubist painting (1912) by Georges Braque at Ludwig Museum. Köln, Germany.Violin & Grapes (1912) painting in cubist style by Pablo Picasso at MoMA. New York, NY.Music stand for violins quartets in East Room at Eastman House. Rochester, NY.Commemorative violin (2004) made for Centennial of St Louis World's Fair at Missouri History Museum. St Louis, MO.
Cello back in memoriam to Titanic orchestra from memorial concert in London at Ulster Transport Museum. Belfast, Northern Ireland.Zither by Ludwig Resisinger at Czech Cultural Center. Houston, TX.Diagonal zither by Carl Ferdinand Haupt from Dresden at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.German zither & pioneer flute at Institute of Texan Cultures. San Antonio, TX.
Cello back in memoriam to Titanic orchestra from memorial concert in London (May 24, 1912) at Ulster Transport Museum. Belfast, Northern Ireland.Zither (c1850s) by Ludwig Resisinger at Czech Cultural Center. Houston, TX.Diagonal zither (after 1885) by Carl Ferdinand Haupt from Dresden at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.German zither & pioneer flute at Institute of Texan Cultures. San Antonio, TX.
Mills Violano Virtuoso at Revelstoke Nickelodeon Museum. Revelstoke, BC.Coin-operated Violano-Virtuoso music machine by H.K. Sandell of Chicago, for hotels & restaurants, at Lightner Museum. St Augustine, FL.Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina player piano with automatic violins at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Orgelleier cranked string instrument with keys by Philibert Luboz of Amsterdam at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.
Mills Violano Virtuoso (1929) at Revelstoke Nickelodeon Museum. Revelstoke, BC.Coin-operated Violano-Virtuoso music machine (1927) by H.K. Sandell of Chicago, for hotels & restaurants, at Lightner Museum. St Augustine, FL.Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina player piano with automatic violins at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Orgelleier cranked string instrument with keys (end 18thC) by Philibert Luboz of Amsterdam at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.
Hurdy Gurdy, a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against strings at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Art Nouveau armoire for string quartet instruments by Alexandre Louis-Marie Charpentier of Paris at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.

Hurdy Gurdy, a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against strings at Museum of City of Füssen in Kloster St Mang. Füssen, Germany.Art Nouveau armoire for string quartet instruments (c1901) by Alexandre Louis-Marie Charpentier of Paris at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.

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