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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.

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