Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Leonporri, Giovanni Francesco
- date made
- 1755
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alfredo and Raquel Halegua
- Physical Description
- spruce (table material)
- maple (back material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 7/8 in x 8 in x 3 7/8 in; 60.6425 cm x 20.32 cm x 9.8425 cm
- Object Name
- violin
