The viola da gamba 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!)
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| Bass viola da gamba by Michael Albanus (Graz, 1706) |
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)