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The King Henry IV' violin - Image 3
c. 1595
National Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, United States
Bass side view of the Brothers Amati violin, The King Henry IV. The sides of the violin feature a gold-painted Latin motto, which can be translated: Henry, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre.
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- Title: The King Henry IV' violin - Image 3
- Creator: Antonio and Girolamo Amati (The Brothers Amati), Charles Francois Gand (1787-1845), France (restorer)
- Date Created: c. 1595
- Location Created: Cremona, Italy
- Transcript:Latin motto painted around violin ribs: HENRICUS IV DEI GRAT FRANC ET NAV REXHide TranscriptShow Transcript
- Type: bowed stringed musical instrument
- Rights: © National Music Museum
- Provenance: Ex colls.: King Henry IV, France; François de Bassompierre and family, France; King Louis XVIII, France; Jean-Baptiste Cartier, Paris; George Hart, London; Royal de Forest Hawley, Hartford, Connecticut; Albert Hastings Pitkin, Hartford; Lyon & Healy, Chicago; Edmund V. Bukolt, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; The Copernicus Cultural Foundation, Chicago
- Photo Credit: Bill Willroth, Sr.
- Credit: Acqusition Funding Gift of Kevin Schieffer, 2010
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