Viola d'Amore
Object type: Viola d'Amore
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Italian
Artist: Joseph Gagliano (1742–1820)
Artist bio: Italian, Naples
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Italian (Naples)
Date: ca. 1780
Medium: Spruce, maple, ebony
Dimensions: Body L. 35.7 cm (14-1/16 in.); Bowed string L. 48.7 (19-3/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography:  Naples   Italy  
Credit line: Gift of H. H. Schambach, 1981
Accession year: 1981