Viols in the shape of a violin
Gonzales Coques: The Van Eyk Family (ca. 1650-1659)
Ceiling Fresco in St. Maria Trastevere Rome
Viola da gamba, Italy, ca. 1600
viola da gamba by
Giovanni Battista Grancino (Milano, 1697)
Bass viola da gamba by
Giovanni Paolo Maggini (Brescia, ca. 1600)
Bass viola da gamba by Giuseppe Guarnerius
filius Andrea, Cremona, 1702
(this instrument is regrettably not in our collection, but one can always hope...)
Photos to come
