Title: Viola d'Amore
Object type: Viola d'Amore
Date: ca. 1799
Culture: German
Artist: probably Nicolaus Langer 
Artist bio: German, Meckenheim (in Pfalz) ca. 1745–1827 Mannheim
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Maker
Medium: wood
Dimensions: L. 78.5 cm, Body L. 38.7 cm,  String L. 38.5 cm
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:  Mannheim   Germany      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY