The Viol Tradition in South Germany and Austria
Thomas Gainsborough: Carl Friedrich Abel
(one of the last masters of the viola da gamba and the viol teacher of the painter!)
Bass viola da gamba by Michael Albanus (Graz, 1706)
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Bass viola da gamba by Jakob Stainer (Absam, 1671)
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Bass viola da gamba by Johann Seelos (Linz, 1691)
Bass viola da gamba by Nikolaus Leidolff (Vienna, 1695)
Bass viola da gamba by
Anonymous, ca. 1680 (In restauration)