Objekt 15
Viola d’amore
Object description
Benedict Wagner (1720–1796)
Ellwangen, dated 1723
Benedict Wagner Hochfurstlicher / Hof Lauten und Geigenmacher / in Ellwangen Anno 17 (printed) 23.
(manuscript) (paper, back Inside) spruce (belly, two parts);
bird’s eye wood (back, two parts, ribs);
maple (neck, peg-box, satyr's head); brown varnish peg-box with satyr's head
seven playing strings, seven sympathetic strings
L. 801 mm, 386 mm (belly), 369 mm (vibrating strings)
Donation Dr. h.c. Paul Sacher, Pratteln. Collection Lobeck
lnv. 1956.433.