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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.

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