1643 c. - Viola

The instrument is probably a bigger viola reduced. The back is two-piece.

Date and Place: 1643 c., Cremona
Length of body: 38.6 cm
Width, upper bouts: 17.73 cm
Width, center bouts: 11.85 cm
Width, lower bouts: 22.7 cm
Position: Tainan County (Taiwan), Chi-Mei Cultural Foundation & Chi-Mei Museum
Certificates: Etienne Vatelot, Paris, 1963
Provenance: Sumiko Edo; The Chi-Mei Culture Foundation 1990
Bibliography specifies: Chen 1997
Comments: The instrument is attributed to the Amati brothers.

creato:	martedì 19 marzo 2013
modificato:	giovedì 23 marzo 2017