Title: Viola d'Amore
Object type: Viola d'Amore
Date: 18th century
Culture: Italian
Artist:  Johannes Florenus Guidantus 
Artist bio: Italian, Bologna 1687–1760 Bologna
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Spruce, maple, ebony
Dimensions: 30 × 9 5/8 × 3 1/2 in. (76.2 × 24.4 × 8.9 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit line: Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2009
Geography:  Bologna   Italy      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY