Objekt 16
Viola d’amore
Object description
Johann Benedict Wassner (c.1690–before 1759)
Passau, dated 1707
Johan Benedict Wall.ner /
Junger (?) lauten Und geigen / macher in Passau 17, 0 (manuscript, paper, back inside)
spruce (belly, two parts);
maple (back, two parts , ribs , neck , peg-box) ; dark-brown (belly) and black varnish
peg-box with Cupid's head
six playing strings, six sympathetic strings
L. 728 mm, 380 mm (belly), 352 mm (vibrating strings)
Donation Dr. h.c. Paul Sacher, Pratteln. Lobeck collection
lnv. 1956.431.