# Violin

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1705 - c. 1710
- Medium: ivory, earthenware, tin glaze, faience, iron (metal), intestine, wood (plant material), steen (materiaal)
- Classification: violin
- Dimensions: length 64 cm x width 23 cm x depth 10 cm
- Credit line: Gift of the heirs of J.F. Loudon, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-12400-91--8f3f6d44685ac279d81ab789d57430ce)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/ECKeM/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)

This tin-glazed earthenware violin cannot be played, for it is a decorative object. When the collector John Loudon purchased it for a record 1500 guilders in 1876, this violin was considered to be the absolute masterpiece of Delft earthenware. The modelling and painted decoration certainly make it an exceptional object.