Seven String Bass Viol
Object type: Seven String Bass Viol
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Nicolas Bertrand
Artist bio: 1686–1735
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1720
Medium: Maple, spruce
Dimensions: Height: 51 15/16 in. (132 cm)
Width: 16 1/8 in. (41 cm)
Depth: 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-fretted
Geography:  Paris   France  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889