Viola D'Amore
Viola D'Amore
- Description (Brief)
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This viola d’amoe Viola d'amore was made by Georg Aman in Augsburg, Germany, 1705. It is made of a high-built two-piece table of spruce; two-piece back of bird’s-eye maple separated with an inlaid stained (black) wooden strip; ribs of similar maple; grafted maple neck terminated in a pearwood pegbox with provision for seven bowed and seven sympathetic strings and a blindfolded cherub’s head; semi-opaque reddish-orange varnish. This instrument has an original printed label:
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Georg Aman
Lauten=und Geigen=Macher
in Augfpurg 1705 -
Born in Bavaria in 1671, Aman worked in Augsburg and died around 1734. His instruments are usually rather highly built and are often seen with pearwood necks. This d’amore with a blindfolded cupid figure is typical of his work. Note also the original ornamental rosette inlayed into the table beneath the fingerboard.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- viola d'amore
- date made
- 1705
- maker
- Aman, Georg
- place made
- Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
- Physical Description
- spruce (overall material)
- maple (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 32 1/4 in x 9 3/8 in x 6 in; 81.915 cm x 23.8125 cm x 15.24 cm
- ID Number
- MI.095324
- accession number
- 26484
- catalog number
- 095324
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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