Violin Bow

Amsterdam School

ca. 1740 · Snakewood, ivory, horsehair · Musical Instruments

Fluted and carved snakewood stick with swan's beak head; open, carved ivory frog; and elongated, turned ivory button. Modern tinsel wrapping. The bow has a slight inward camber.

Artist

Amsterdam School

Date

ca. 1740

Medium

Snakewood, ivory, horsehair

Culture

European

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Purchase, Kenneth and Andrea Miron Gift, in memory of Berend Möller, 2003