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Viola Pomposa d'Amore

1913
Not on view
Description: Very loosely based on historical prototypes; flat one-piece maple back, shallow arched spruce top with flame holes, viol outline with top and back plates overhanging ribs, 5 bowed and sympathetic strings, blindfolded cupid head, ebony angled tailpiece and fingerboard inlaid with stripes, small perforated enclosure mounted on upper treble bout, ebony pegs with bone inserts and buttons (one peg missing), German endpin; with case (b).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Viola Pomposa d'Amore
  • Maker: Leandro Bisiach (Casale Monferrato, Italy 1864–1945 Venegnono Superiore, Italy)
  • Date: 1913
  • Geography: Milan, Italy
  • Culture: Italian
  • Medium: Wood, strings, ebony
  • Dimensions: Body L. 76 cm (30 in.); String L. 69 cm (27-3/16 in.)
  • Classification: Chordophone-Bowed
  • Credit Line: Gift of Rhoda and Herman Krawitz, in memory of Lenette and George Nayor, 1992
  • Object Number: 1992.318a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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