Viola d'Amore
Object type: Viola d'Amore
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Jean-Nicolas Lambert
Artist bio: French, Saint-Laurent near Epinal 1708–1759 Paris
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: second half 18th century
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: Body L. 41 cm (16.14 in.); Total L. 76.5 cm (30.12 in.); Bowed String L. 36.7 cm (34.39 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography:  Paris   France  
Credit line: Purchase, Roth Family Gift, in memory of Norman H. Roth, 1986
Accession year: 1986