Viola da gamba 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
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| Treble viola da gamba by Giovanni Battista Grancino (Milano, 1697) |
Treble viola da gamba by Giovanni Paolo Maggini (Brescia, ca. 1600) |
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Bass viola da gamba by Antonio Stradivari, later converted to a violoncello.
The original outline of the viols is visible in the region of the shoulders. Although he
also made viols with rounded backs, this viola da gamba had originally a flat back.
(Photos: The Shrine to Music, South Dakota)
Bass viola da gamba by Antonio Guidantus, Bologna, 18th C.
(Photos: The Shrine to Music, South Dakota)
Bass viola da gamba by Giuseppe Guarnerius
filius Andrea, Cremona, 1702
(this instrument is regrettably not in our collection, but one can always hope…)