Viola da Braccio
Unknown Artist
mid-18th century
Medium
Spruce and bird's-eye maple
Dimensions
Body length: 42.5 cm., Body width: upper bout 21.4 cm. center bout 14.8 cm. lower bout 25.3 cm. Rib height: top block 4.6 cm. center bout 6.7 cm. bottom block 6.65 cm String length: 42.5 cm.
Classification
Chordophone-Lute-bowed-fretted
Culture
German
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number
89.4.947