| 翻訳と辞書 |
| La Pucelle (violin) ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
La Pucelle (violin)
La Pucelle, also known as The Virgin, is a 1709 violin made by Antonio Stradivari.〔Melinda Bargreen. "(Preserving 'voices' of world's finest violins )", ''The Seattle Times'', 1 July 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2011.〕 It was Parisian dealer, luthier and maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume who gave the instrument its name. In the mid-19th century, Vuillaume disassembled the instrument for maintenance and observed, to his amazement, that the violin had remained untouched since it left Stradivari's workshop. He exclaimed, ''"C'est comme une pucelle!"'' (It's like a virgin.) The name stuck and that has been the violin's name ever since. It was Vuillaume who created the instrument's elegant tailpiece carved with the image of a woman in armor, Joan of Arc, the virgin warrior known as ''"La Pucelle d'Orléans"''. Vuillaume also created the instrument's elaborately carved pegs.
According to the celebrated violin expert Charles Beare, La Pucelle is the first example of the instruments forming Stradivari's "Golden Period", the pilot model.
The violin is currently owned by collector, David L. Fulton. He calls it one of his finest items in his collection and considers it one of the finest Stradivari instrument in the U.S. He described La Pucelle as having no cracks, no retouching, no worn-down corners or edges. It was once owned by heiress Huguette Clark, given to her on her 50th birthday in June 1956 by her mother Anna. Clark sold the violin to Fulton in 2001 under a contract that would conceal the identity of the seller for 10 years. 〔Bill Dedman"(Who is watching heiress Huguette Clark's millions? )", msnbc.com, 9/8/2010. Retrieved 25 June 2011.〕
== References ==
〔
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「La Pucelle (violin)」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|