Title: English violet (Viola d'Amore)
Object type: English violet (Viola d'Amore)
Date: 1726
Culture: German
Artist:  Paulus Alletsee 
Artist bio: German, active Munich ca. 1698, died ca. 1738 Munich
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Spruce, maple
Dimensions: Total Length 874 mm 
Widtht: 220 mm
Depth 57 mm

Weight: under 40 lbs
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit line: Funds from various donors, 1981
Geography:  Munich   Germany      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY