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Violin in Renaissance design by
Johann Anton Gedler
Füssen, second half of the 18th C.

Violine, Johann Anton Gedler (1720-1790), Füssen, 18. Jh.

The joy of experimenting with exotic forms of some of the South German luthiers is well evident in this example. Even more extravagant variants than this are known from this school, some with heads of lions, dragons and griffiths. Although rare today, many such instruments appear in paintings of the 16th and 17th C..

Die Experimentierfreude mancher süddeutscher Geigenbauer wird durch diese Violine in Renaissance-Form dokumentiert. Neben dieser Form sind auch noch kurvenreichere Varianten, mit zum Teil sehr fantasievollen Köpfen (Löwen, Drachen, Gryphen u.a.) aus dieser Schule bekannt. Obwohl heute sehr rar, sind solche Instrumente recht häufig in der Malerei des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts anzutreffen.

One encounters this type of outline in painting; here one from the late 16th C. by Tintoretto, Venice.

and here in a Dutch painting of the 17th Century.

Body length 364 mm

Upper width 165 mm

Middle width 110 mm

Lower width 214 mm

Rib height 30 mm

String length 333 mm

updated 31.12.2009

Body length	364 mm
Upper width	165 mm
Middle width	110 mm
Lower width	214 mm
Rib height	30 mm
String length	333 mm