Objekt 4
Violin
Description
The violin maker Johannes Straub belongs to the tradition of the Alemannic violin maker school, like Stoppel and Krouchdaler, the maker of the double-bass Nr. 5 and of the violin Nr. 2 in room 13.
Object description
Johannes Straub (c. 1759–1847)
Rothenbach bei Neustadt, dated 1825
Johann Straub Geigenmacher. /
in Rothenbach bei Neustadt / im Schwarzwald
18 (printed) 25 (manuscript) (paper, back inside)
spruce (belly, two parts) ; maple (back, two parts, rigs, neck , peg-box) ; yellow-brown varnish peg-box with ornamental scroll
L. 597 mm, 362 mm (belly), 331 mm (strings)
Purchase
Inv. 1976.189.