Bass Viola da Gamba
Object type: Bass Viola da Gamba
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Austrian
Artist: Andreas Jais
Artist bio: German, Mittenwald 1685–1753 Tölz
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: early 18th century
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 47 1/4 × 14 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (120 × 37.1 × 24.8 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Bowed
Geography:  Absam   Austria  
Credit line: Gift of Janos Scholz, in memory of his son, Walter Rosen Scholz, and in honor of the Centennial of The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1988
Accession year: 1988