Viola
Object type: Viola
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Austrian
Artist: Jacob Stainer
Artist bio: Austrian, Absam ca. 1617–1683 Absam
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Austrian
Date: ca. 1660
Medium: Spruce, maple, blackwood
Dimensions: Height (of body, excluding neck): 17 3/16 in. (43.7 cm)
Width (of body at widest point): 10 3/16 in. (25.8 cm)
Depth (of ribs at widest point): 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography:    Absam Austria  
Credit line: Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, Fletcher Fund, 2012 Benefit Fund and Beatrice Francais Gift, 2013
Accession year: 2013