# The Old Violin

- By: William Michael Harnett (American, 1848 - 1892)
- Date: 1886
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 96.5 x 60 cm (38 x 23 5/8 in.) ; framed: 119.7 x 84.1 x 5.1 cm (47 1/8 x 33 1/8 x 2 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mellon Scaife in honor of Paul Mellon
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.79531.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/e8bb571a-a90d-45fa-8589-cd98b4f952a4/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)