GALLERY What do artists see when they look at a violinist? These portraits offer very different ways to represent musicians – and their instrument The fun thing about having a niche interest such as violins and violinists is that it often sends me down even nichier rabbit holes. Typing ‘violin’ into any search box acts like a compass for new adventures. In a recent quest for paintings of violinists, for example, I ended up in the Smithsonian archives, which hold the papers of