Object 3
Violin
The instrument was played in the Blaue Haus in Basel. (Rheinsprung 16-18).
Lukas Sarasin (1730–1802) had two baroque buildings, the socalled Weisse and Blaue Haus, overlooking the Rhine, built by the architect Samuel Werenfels between 1761 and 1768. He had a music-room there.
He himself played the violin in concerts at his home as well as in the Collegium musicum.
Object Description
Maker unknownTyrol, 2nd half of 18th c.Jacobus Stainer in Absam / prope Oenipontum16 (printed) 74 (manuscript) (false paper, Inside back)spruce (belly, two parts) ; maple singed (back, two parts, ribs, neck, peg-box); brown dull varnishpeg-box with lion's headshape of the body by successors of Jacob Stainer L. 581 mm, 349 mm (belly), 321 mm (strings)Donation Rudolf Vischer-Burckhardt, Basel (from the collection of Peter Vischer-Sarasin, 1751–1821)lnv. 1917.881.
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