Viol, possibly bass
Details
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Title
Viol, possibly bass
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Artist/maker
possibly Dominico Russo (active 1580 - 1600) -
Associated place
Brescia (possible) (possible place of creation) -
Date
late 16th century -
Material and technique
pine, walnut, scyamore, coloured woods, ivory
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Object type
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Dimensions
109.9 cm overall (length)
59.6 cm of belly (width)
34.9 cm upper bout (back) (width)
21.9 cm middle bout (back) (width)
40.7 cm lower bout (back) (width)
61.1 cm string (length) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by W. E. Hill & Sons, 1939.
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Museum location
Museum department
Western Art
Accession no.
WA1939.21
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Further reading
Boyden, David D., The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford/OUP, 1969), 3
Whiteley, Jon, Stringed Instruments: Viols, Violins, Citterns, and Guitars in the Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2008), 8, illus. 9
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