Violin and bow

Chalfant, Jefferson David (1856-1931)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1889
Height:
91.4 cm  (36 in.)
Width:
54.9 cm  (21 5/8 in.)
Signed and dated (lower left) J.D. CHALFANT. 1889. Signed, dated and inscribed (on reverse) Violin and Bow / 1889–J. D. Chalfant
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    American Paintings and Sculpture[Museum inv. no.: 66.169]

Description

Hanging against a plain, panelled door, a nineteenth-century violin (with china mark and white resin dust around the fingerboard) and a tautly strung bow.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Bow [2207]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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Notes

Chalfant used a violin as a prop in at least three compositions in addition to this one: "Violin and music" (Newark Museum, New Jersey);
"Music" (Private colelction); "The old violin" (Delaware Art Centre)

RIdIM record id

3203