Château de Thoiry, France, April – May, 2005
Exhibitions of the Orpheon Foundation
The Vazquez Collection of Historical String Instruments
Violins, Violas da gamba, Viola d’amore, Violoncellos, Double Basses from 1500 to 1789
Provisional photos! For the final version, please go to Festes de Thalie
Bass viola and Cembalo
Bass Viola da gamba by Claude Boivin, Cembalo by Blanchet
Bass viola and Cembalo
Bass viola da gamba by Claude Boivin, Cembalo by Blachet
Bass Viola da gamba
Bass Viola da gamba by Nikolas Leidolff, Vienna, 1695
Treble Viola da gamba by anonymous, ca. 1730
Violoncello by Simone Cimapane
Violoncello by Simone Cimapane, Rome, 1692
This instrument was played in the orchestra of Arcangelo Corelli!
Viola da gamba
Bass Viola da gamba by Nikolas Leidolff, Vienna, 1695
Treble Viola da gamba by anonymous, ca. 1730
Bass Viola da gamba by Michael Albanus, Graz, 1706
Viola d'amore
Viola d'amore by Jean Baptiste Deshayes Salomon, Paris, ca. 1740
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Violoncello
Violoncello of the Montagnana School, Venice, ca. 1700
Violin of the Goffriller School, Venice, ca. 1700
Violins
Violin by Nicolò Amati, Cremona, 1669
Violin by Carlo Testore, Milano, ca. 1700
Five-string violin by Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, ca. 1700
Viola & Violoncello
Viola by Johann Christoph Leidolff, Vienna, 1719
Violoncello by Anton Posch, Vienna, ca. 1700
Violin & Viola
Violin by Matthias Albanus, Bozen, ca. 1680
Violin by Johann Schorn, Salzburg, 1707
Viola by Matthias Thir, Vienna, ca. 1786
Treble viol
Treble viol of the Brescian or Venetian School, 16th C.
Painting of the School of Bonifazio Veronese
Other viols and a theorbo
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